Thesaurus results for TROUNCED

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 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 In Roberts’ Dodgers debut, on opening day at Petco Park, his team trounced the Padres 15-0. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 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 Assemblywoman Claire Valdez trounced Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso by a 2-1 margin in fundraising in their Democratic primary in the NY-07 district as early voting was set to start Saturday in four contentious NYC congressional races, federal disclosure reports revealed. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026

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Things had improved since then, before spilling out into the open late last year when Saudi Arabia bombed a port in Yemen targeting a weapons shipment from the UAE.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 July 2026
Helldivers 2 was bombed with hundreds of thousands of negative reviews, and Sony reversed the policy within days.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of bombed

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Jude Bellingham scored twice in a two-minute span to give England a 2-0 lead, Mexico rallied, Kane scored the go-ahead goal on a penalty kick and England overcame a Jarell Quansah red card, playing the final 48 minutes a man down.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
Pitching in the rotation spot vacated when Randy Vásquez went on the IL with a right ankle bruise, Márquez overcame a 31-pitch first inning and was able to walk off the mound four innings later pumping his fist after throwing just 51 more.

— Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026

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Critics and fanboy media thrashed Supergirl not just for its Guardians of the Galaxy touchstones, but also for aping Mad Max.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 29 June 2026
On Tuesday, Uzbekistan was soundly thrashed by Portugal 5-0 — significantly reducing the country's chances to qualify for the next round of play in this World Cup, the first ever for a Central Asian nation.

— Charles Maynes, NPR, 27 June 2026

Definition of thrashed

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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
That ended his day after five innings of one-run ball, with just one mistake — a slider that Manny Machado clobbered for a solo homer — against him.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 29 June 2026

Definition of clobbered

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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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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
After being walloped by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, this waterfront town has been hard at work rebuilding and is now back and better than ever.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 June 2026

Definition of walloped

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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

Definition of upset

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