Thesaurus results for TROUNCED

trounced

verb

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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 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 That propelled Cox to the general election, where he was trounced by Newsom. —

Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 6 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 Rachel handily trounced Horan with a quiz all about Niall Horan. —

Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026 Jacob Misiorowski struck out 11 while allowing one run over five innings and the Milwaukee Brewers trounced the Chicago White Sox 14-2 on Thursday. —

ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026 Jacob Misiorowski struck out 11 while allowing one run over five innings, and the Milwaukee Brewers trounced the Chicago White Sox 14-2 on Thursday. —

CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026 Thousands of Villa fans, who had watched their team get trounced 8-0 at Chelsea three days before, delayed their early exits from the ground just to applaud Bale off the pitch when he was substituted in the 85th minute. —

The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026

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DeVito also directed this charming flick that kinda bombed in theaters but developed a following on VHS and DVD.

— Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2026
Residents say the Israelis have prevented residents — most of whom work in agriculture — from accessing their farmland near the border; other fields were bombed with white phosphorous, Lebanese authorities said, destroying vegetation and thousands of trees.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026