Thesaurus results for TROUNCE

trounce

verb

ˈtrau̇n(t)s

Definition of trounce

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 That’s where three University of Iowa economists — Robert Forsythe, George Neumann and Forrest Nelson — met for food and beers and kvetching about just how badly the polls had missed the mark on the Michigan Democratic primary the day before, when Jesse Jackson absolutely trounced Michael Dukakis. — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 21 June 2026 Germany did rout newcomer Curacao 7-1, Qatar was trounced 6-0 by Canada, and Haiti was eliminated after two matches. — Tales Azzoni, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026 But in general the US military proved incapable of quickly trouncing a much weaker adversary, and left the citizens and residents of Gulf allies under fire in the meantime. — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 16 June 2026 On Sunday in Houston, four-time world champions Germany trounced Curacao 7-1. — Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for trounce

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After scoring in Mexico’s opening match against South Africa — his first goal at a World Cup — Jimenez was overcome with emotion on the pitch.

— Tom Burrows, New York Times, 12 July 2026
To be able to feel and touch the community of Cologne, and this person who suffered that ordeal and overcame it — and then managed to carry out the courage of her convictions with Ukrainian refugees.

— Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2026

Definition of overcome

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Each of the women were buried in matching underground chambers, with the princess Ita followed by Khenmet, Itaweret, and an anonymous woman assumed to be their sister Sathathormeryt.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 July 2026
The largest of the debris aprons covers 50 square miles (130 square kilometers), which would be large enough to bury a small city or a large town.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 July 2026

Definition of bury

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Emanuel Sharp, Isaiah Stevens and Marquel Sutton led the way as the Kings rallied to beat the Golden State Warriors Blue 91-85 on Sunday at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.

— Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026
Egypt made its way to the round of 16 by beating Australia on penalties.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

Definition of beat

Verb

And that’s a lot of energy to shed as a vehicle comes blaring back into Earth’s thick atmosphere, a process that typically annihilates objects returning from space unless they are precisely designed to survive the trip.

— Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
As an arachnid alien-annihilating action game, Helldivers seems like the perfect recipe for a popcorn flick.

— Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026

Definition of annihilate

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Paul Skenes won his second straight start after going winless for nine in a row as the Pittsburgh Pirates scored 10 runs in the fourth inning to rout the Milwaukee Brewers 14-5 Sunday and head into the All-Star break with a three-game sweep.

— CBS News, CBS News, 12 July 2026
Marina Mabrey matched the WNBA scoring record with 53 points to help the Toronto Tempo rout the Los Angeles Sparks 125-97 on Thursday night.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 June 2026

Definition of rout

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Vanilla ice cream was layered with strawberry sauce, pound cake pieces, strawberry crunch, whipped topping and fresh strawberries, then served with cinnamon-sugar chips fried in-house.

— Tristan Graziano, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026
The next morning, the wind whipped the lake to a froth, making the crossing to the river’s outlet impossible.

— John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026

Definition of whip

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Haaland scored his sixth and seventh goals to upset five-time champion Brazil and get the Scandinavian country into the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time.

— Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
Later, the co-anchors were joined by their spouses, Lindsay Czarniak and Mike Feldman, respectively, to take in the World Cup match in which Norway upset Brazil at MetLife Stadium.

— Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026

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