as in to overcome
to defeat by a large margin
our candidate trounced her opponent in the election, winning with 76% of the vote
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Recent Examples of trounce
The Dolphins are 1-6 (.143) against Buffalo in the McDaniel era, having been trounced twice by the Bills each season under McDaniel.
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Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 15 May 2025
This Goldman portfolio has a long history of beating the market, trouncing the S & P 500 in 59% of the quarters since 2001.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 21 May 2025
The Cubs wound up trouncing the Sox 13-3 before 40,171, winning their sixth straight in the City Series dating to 2023 and pulling within one in the all-time series, which the Sox lead 74-73.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
The Checkers recovered from early problems Wednesday night and trounced the host Hershey Bears 6-3, sweeping their best-of-five Atlantic Division Final series.
—Steve Lyttle, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2025
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Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 15 May 2025
This Goldman portfolio has a long history of beating the market, trouncing the S & P 500 in 59% of the quarters since 2001.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 21 May 2025
The Cubs wound up trouncing the Sox 13-3 before 40,171, winning their sixth straight in the City Series dating to 2023 and pulling within one in the all-time series, which the Sox lead 74-73.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
The Checkers recovered from early problems Wednesday night and trounced the host Hershey Bears 6-3, sweeping their best-of-five Atlantic Division Final series.
—Steve Lyttle, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trounce
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Advertisement Indiana tried its best to overcome heartbreak in Game 7: Tyrese Haliburton, the Pacers’ star point guard who was playing with a calf strain in his right leg, suffered an achilles injury in the first quarter.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
23 June 2025
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The Thunder overcame two Game 7s en route to the title, and they will now forever be called champions.—
Matt Levine,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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The impact of those bombs is buried under a mountain of rubble in Iran; so anyone who says the bombs were not devastating is just trying to undermine the President and the successful mission.—
Sonam Sheth
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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Any parts of the hull that weren't quickly buried by silt have long since decomposed in the water.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 June 2025
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Increase mixer speed to medium, and beat until thickened and pipeable, about 1 to 2 minutes (do not overmix).—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
23 June 2025
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In the semis, Parenteau turned back the clock and played a solid game to beat Buckner and return to the final for the first time in nearly a year.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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But for Kendrick to annihilate a name that big and then write a song that became a huge hit and then perform at halftime?—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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The region has been on edge for the past two years as Israel seeks to annihilate the Hamas group, an Iranian ally, in the Gaza Strip, where war still rages after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel.—
Elena Becatoros,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
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In Libya in late 2016, the U.S. military conducted air strikes in support of Libya’s interim government to rout ISIS from its nascent safe haven in Sirte.—
Lisa Monaco,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Oct. 2017
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The Battle of Jakku The fleet of the Rebellion, now calling itself the New Republic, routs the Empire in the largest battle since Endor.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
25 May 2025
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The San Diego native whipped a low cross into the box, which both Adriana Leon and Ascanio narrowly missed.—
Fernando Ramirez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 June 2025
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Chelsea took the lead on 13 minutes when Neto raced away from deep inside the Flamengo half and opened his body before whipping the ball past Agustin Rossi.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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The Cardinals took full advantage of the sloppy inning, scoring five runs on the way to clobbering the Sox 12-2 in front of 16,974 at Rate Field.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2025
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Schmitt, who was starting in Chapman’s place at third base, clobbered it into the seats for a grand slam.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
14 June 2025
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Ohtani recorded two strikeouts while throwing 18 pitches, allowing his only baserunner on an error when Mookie Betts dropped a popup in the sun.—
Greg Beacham,
Chicago Tribune,
23 June 2025
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Guardians starter Luis Ortiz, who had thrown 4 2/3 innings of scoreless baseball to that point, had already gotten Butler down 0-2 twice, and struck him out twice.—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
22 June 2025
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