trounce
verb
[ traʊns ]
• defeat heavily in a contest.
• "Essex trounced Cambridgeshire 5–1 in the final"
Similar:
defeat utterly,
beat hollow,
win a resounding victory over,
annihilate,
drub,
rout,
give someone a drubbing,
crush,
overwhelm,
bring someone to their knees,
hammer,
clobber,
thrash,
paste,
give someone a pasting,
whip,
pound,
pulverize,
massacre,
crucify,
demolish,
destroy,
wipe the floor with,
take to the cleaners,
make mincemeat of,
murder,
flatten,
turn inside out,
run rings around,
stuff,
marmalize,
shellac,
blow out,
cream,
skunk,
own,
Origin:
mid 16th century (also in the sense ‘afflict’): of unknown origin.
