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Meanings of trounce in English

Portuguese
condenar
Catalan
renyar
Spanish
reprender a gritos

Censure severely or angrily.

      condenar
      Portuguese
      bater
      Catalan
      vèncer
      Spanish
      aplastar

      To end in success a struggle or contest.

          bater
          Portuguese
          chicotear
          Catalan
          assotar

          Beat severely with a whip or rod.

              chicotear
              Usage of trounce in English
              1
              We are both hard-working, well-organised teams who rarely trounce or get trounced.
              The Guardian
              2
              But keep your grimy hands off my Rabelais, or I'll trounce you.
              The Grey Cloak
              3
              For if you do, I'll trounce you for it, do you hear?
              Greatheart
              4
              Never again should we allow a comforting falsehood to trounce a painful truth.
              The Guardian
              5
              I think they only ask me to play so they can trounce me.
              The Irish Times
              6
              Quick, confess where you've been, or I'll trounce the life out of you.
              Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, E...
              7
              And for Eccles there is an additional hope, a secret determination to trounce Harry.
              Rabbit, run
              8
              I am in hopes we shall trounce him yet, bravely as he carries it.
              The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney
              9
              And because I'm going to trounce Harald for you tomorrow.
              The Great Book of Amber
              10
              Then Old Bear announced he'd trounce them with any weapon they cared to name.
              Assail
              11
              Opinion polls show that Hollande's Socialist Party will trounce Sarkozy's conservative UMP in the elections.
              Reuters
              12
              International growth helped the streaming video service trounce expectations in the last quarter of 2019.
              Reuters
              13
              It wants the miners to trounce Thatcher: they fail.
              The Guardian
              14
              Facebook Twitter Pinterest Michael Carrick celebrates as Manchester United trounce Manchester City at Old Trafford.
              The Guardian
              15
              Now, I'll show you how to trounce your husband.
              Sister Carrie: A Novel
              16
              Wilt have my crop and trounce thy Dad again!
              A Lady of Quality / Being a Most Curious, Hitherto Unknown Histo...