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
None of us know yet that the Sparks are about to get trounced by the Aces, losing by 27 points.
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Jade Chang, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Melissa is nationally ranked and trounced Aledo 15-4 in the 2025 state semifinals.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 May 2026
The Knicks trounced the 76ers, 144-114, as Miles McBride led the team with 25 points.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
The Knicks trounced the Sixers in Game 1, winning 137-98.
—Laura Fay, CBS News, 6 May 2026
William Contreras went 4 for 4 with a homer and four RBIs as the Milwaukee Brewers overcame Brandon Woodruff’s early exit and trounced the Arizona Diamondbacks 13-1 on Thursday.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
Villegas, a Marine Corps veteran from the Northwest Side who has been 36th Ward alderman since 2015, once had his sights set on Washington but was trounced in the 2022 race for the 3rd Congressional District on the Northwest Side.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Peter Magyar’s center-right Tisza trounced Orban’s Fidesz in parliamentary elections by a margin of nearly three-to-one, a stunning turn after so many years of Orban consolidating power with extrajudicial tools like gerrymandering, court-packing and the co-optation of an independent media.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
Ten years ago, AlphaGo trounced human competitors—and its legacy is still present in today’s most advanced bots.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026
Jade Chang, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Melissa is nationally ranked and trounced Aledo 15-4 in the 2025 state semifinals.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 May 2026
The Knicks trounced the 76ers, 144-114, as Miles McBride led the team with 25 points.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
The Knicks trounced the Sixers in Game 1, winning 137-98.
—Laura Fay, CBS News, 6 May 2026
William Contreras went 4 for 4 with a homer and four RBIs as the Milwaukee Brewers overcame Brandon Woodruff’s early exit and trounced the Arizona Diamondbacks 13-1 on Thursday.
—ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
Villegas, a Marine Corps veteran from the Northwest Side who has been 36th Ward alderman since 2015, once had his sights set on Washington but was trounced in the 2022 race for the 3rd Congressional District on the Northwest Side.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
Peter Magyar’s center-right Tisza trounced Orban’s Fidesz in parliamentary elections by a margin of nearly three-to-one, a stunning turn after so many years of Orban consolidating power with extrajudicial tools like gerrymandering, court-packing and the co-optation of an independent media.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
Ten years ago, AlphaGo trounced human competitors—and its legacy is still present in today’s most advanced bots.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trounced
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Firms like Brookfield, GIP, BlackRock, and Stonepeak own networks of pipelines, terminals, tankers, and more — including many in the Middle East that are now under threat of being either bombed, or at least suspended from service.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
7 May 2026
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Right now, a synagogue in Iran has been destroyed; the Church of the Nativity has been bombed, along with many ancient sites across Lebanon.—
Pablo Larios,
Artforum,
7 May 2026
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Maria Wittorp, the hotel’s head concierge, said, with the haste of an auctioneer, standing in the lobby, as blazer-wearing staffers whipped by.—
Jane Bua,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Real estate agents whipped out their phones to put a hard sell on anything east of I-95.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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Wembanyama’s box-score-filling performance overcame the heroics of Edwards.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
10 May 2026
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Blanco ignited the Spartans, who overcame a 5-1 deficit.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Last season, Lyon won the first leg at Emirates Stadium but was thrashed 4-1 in the second match en route to Arsenal winning the title for the second time.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
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The video showed that during the second time, the dog latched onto Evans’ left forearm and violently thrashed as Evans cried out in pain.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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He got clobbered again tonight a bunch.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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Then in the second, Mattias Samuelsson was allowed to take multiple pokes at Jeremy Swayman before Geekie clobbered him.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 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
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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
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In the East, the Detroit Pistons dispatched the Cleveland Cavaliers, and in the West, the Oklahoma City Thunder walloped LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers by 18 points.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
6 May 2026
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The two shots gave the Celtics — who had walloped the 76ers in two of the first four games and won another in the clutch — a 13-point third-quarter lead.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
1 May 2026
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Sean Strickland left everything in the octagon at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday night, upsetting Khamzat Chimaev to be named UFC middleweight champion once again for his career.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
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The Odyssey trailer that’s upsetting some purists?—
Rima Parikh,
Vulture,
10 May 2026
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