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trounce
[ trouns ]
verb (used with object)
trounced, trouncing.
- to beat severely; thrash.
- to punish.
- to defeat decisively.
trounce
/ ٰʊԲ /
verb
- tr to beat or defeat utterly; thrash
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ٰdzܲԳİ noun
- ܲ·ٰdzܲԳ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of trounce1
First recorded in 1545–55; origin uncertain
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of trounce1
C16: of unknown origin
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His Referendum Party was trounced in the 1997 general election but he had planted a seed.
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As Shakespeare keenly understood, when the individual is allowed to trounce the collective, the result isn’t freedom but barbarism.
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It's only in the past few weeks that we have started to look ourselves, apart from last weekend of course, when we got absolutely trounced.
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Harris trounced Trump by 20 percentage points, but Biden walloped him by 29.
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During her first and only debate with Trump, Harris trounced him.
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