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单词 trounced
释义

trounce

verb

ˈtrau̇n(t)s How to pronounce trounce (audio)
trounced; trouncing

transitive verb

: to thrash or punish severely
especially : to defeat decisively

Synonyms

  • annihilate
  • blow away
  • bomb
  • bury
  • clobber
  • cream
  • drub
  • dust
  • flatten
  • paste
  • rout
  • shellac
  • skin
  • skunk
  • smoke [slang]
  • smother
  • snow under
  • thrash
  • trim
  • tromp
  • wallop
  • wax [slang]
  • whip
  • whomp
  • whop
  • whap
  • whup
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Example Sentences

our candidate trounced her opponent in the election, winning with 76% of the vote
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Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

trounce

verb

ˈtrau̇ns How to pronounce trounce (audio)
trounced; trouncing
1
: to beat severely : flog
2
: to defeat thoroughly

trounced

verb

past tense of trounce
as in bombed
to defeat by a large margin our candidate trounced her opponent in the election, winning with 76% of the vote

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • bombed
  • clobbered
  • whipped
  • thrashed
  • walloped
  • overcame
  • routed
  • drubbed
  • beat
  • topped
  • annihilated
  • whupped
  • buried
  • upset
  • creamed
  • flattened
  • mastered
  • dusted
  • shellacked
  • smothered
  • pasted
  • whomped
  • threw
  • trimmed
  • overwhelmed
  • tromped
  • surpassed
  • skinned
  • swept
  • waxed
  • smoked
  • whopped
  • skunked
  • conquered
  • succeeded
  • scored
  • took
  • bested
  • snowed under
  • blew away
  • destroyed
  • dispatched
  • exceeded
  • whapped
  • crushed
  • capped
  • ate alive
  • vanquished
  • overmatched
  • eclipsed
  • outshone
  • wiped the ground with
  • subdued
  • beat the pants off
  • wiped the floor with
  • ran rings around
  • outdid
  • licked
  • overpowered
  • outdistanced
  • outstripped
  • slaughtered
  • finished
  • overthrew
  • subjugated
  • surmounted
  • upended
  • ran circles around
  • hurdled
  • bettered
  • excelled
  • pipped
  • transcended
  • outfought
  • worsted
  • outshined
  • overtopped
  • flourished
  • knocked over
  • knocked off
  • sunk
  • sank
  • broke
  • overbore
  • nosed out
  • triumphed (over)
  • prevailed (over)
  • won (against)
  • aced (out)
  • did in
  • edged (out)
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