trounce
verb
trounced; trouncing
: to thrash or punish severely
especially
: to defeat decisively
trounced the rival team
Examples of trounce in a Sentence
our candidate trounced her opponent in the election, winning with 76% of the vote
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Further north, in New Jersey, a state with about a 20% Latino population, Democrat Mikie Sherrill trounced her Republican opponent.
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Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
The Democrats expect to get trounced, which gives Redford’s character the freedom to speak his mind — that is, until the race gets close enough that his positions are watered down to peel away more voters.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
Democrats trounced Republicans on Tuesday in three key races with little in common apart from one issue — affordability.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Mamdani trounced him three-to-one with everyone younger.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
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Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
The Democrats expect to get trounced, which gives Redford’s character the freedom to speak his mind — that is, until the race gets close enough that his positions are watered down to peel away more voters.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
Democrats trounced Republicans on Tuesday in three key races with little in common apart from one issue — affordability.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Mamdani trounced him three-to-one with everyone younger.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Trounce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trounce. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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trounce
verb
trounced; trouncing
: to thrash or punish severely
especially
: to defeat thoroughly
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