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trounced

verb

past tense of trounce

as in bombed

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 trounced David Orkin, a JVP member and anti-Zionist Jewish New Yorker, trounced a Zionist, Hindu nationalist incumbent for Assembly. — Danny Kaplowitz, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026 After a one-year break due to war travel restrictions, the Americans trounced the Nationals 12-0 at Fenway Park, the most one-sided of the All-Star games. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026 Belgium trounced the United States, winning 4-1, knocking the hosts out of the competition. — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 7 July 2026 Over the past year, though, the stock has trounced the XRT, returning almost 36% versus roughly 10%. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 2 July 2026 Loser goes home, just like the others bounced from this bonkers initial knockout round — dreams trounced via penalty kick or last-minute magnificence or just … a big French bully. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 1 July 2026 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 On Sunday in Houston, four-time world champions Germany trounced Curacao 7-1. — Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 15 June 2026

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The Natanz site, where two of Iran's uranium enrichment plants were located, was bombed during the war started by the United States and Israel on February 28, and during last year's 12-day war.

— Catherine Cartier, USA Today, 22 July 2026
In Yemen, the Houthis (an Iranian proxy group) bombed Saudi Arabia's Abha International Airport.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 July 2026

Definition of bombed

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Christian Walker hit a three-run double, Cam Smith added a two-run homer in Houston’s eight-run sixth inning and the Astros overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Chicago White Sox 9-5 on Friday night.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
Keegan netted twice in the first leg of the final as Liverpool overcame Borussia Monchengladbach 3-2 on aggregate.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026

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Wales was far stronger than the all-local team that was thrashed 73-0 by South Africa last November in Cardiff, and still outclassed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
A week after returning to action with a road win over Utah, Bay FC thrashed the North Carolina Courage 3-0 on Saturday at PayPal Park, getting two early goals from Karlie Lema and a second-half score from Racheal Kundananji to seal the deal.

— Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 18 July 2026

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Hoskins and Brayan Rocchio clobbered back-to-back homers in the first inning.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 21 July 2026
This episode, Zack wakes up and bolts upright with the bandage still on his head from getting clobbered with a sign on his birthday and can’t remember what happened the night before.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 July 2026

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Two days ago, the Avalanche routed Ottawa 8-2 in Ball Arena.

— Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
The agency's 10-year reorganization plan includes an overhaul of its regional transportation system, reducing the number of USPS vehicle trips for transporting mail from post offices to processing plants, where mail is postmarked, sorted and routed.

— Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026

Definition of routed

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Indiana walloped the defending champion Aces, 109-75, and Cunningham came off the bench to score 20 points on 7-of-9 shooting.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026
In the rubber match of the series, Paul Goldschmidt timed up a fastball in his first at-bat, then walloped a curveball in his second at-bat.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 June 2026

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Cal Poly opened the year by upsetting Big West conference favorite UC Santa Barbara, positioning the men’s team for its first undefeated dual-meet season since moving to Division I in 1994.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026
Should unseeded Wrexham upset the odds to win both games, a semi-final against Danish champions Koge would be next up in another mini-tournament featuring Gintra of Lithuania and Scotland’s Hearts.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 21 July 2026

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