to trounce

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to beat severely; thrash
to punish
to win against (someone) by a wide margin; to beat thoroughly, to defeat heavily

The American team trounced the Mexicans by 10 goals to 1.

{v} to punish, beat, harass, sue, cheat
{f} beat, vanquish; thrash, punish; baffle, bewilder
If you trounce someone in a competition or contest, you defeat them easily or by a large score. In Rugby League, Australia trounced France by sixty points to four. = thrash. to defeat someone completely
beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
to trounce
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