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
But other corners of the Argentine economy are languishing, and the president’s party got trounced in local elections earlier this month.
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Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Haji Wright and Coventry City are also unbeaten, having trounced Birmingham City 3-0 this weekend.
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
The losses where they were trounced on the ground and unable to run are well documented, including against Georgia Tech this season and at Kansas in 2024.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
While Benfica made a winning start and trounced local rivals Sporting 3-0 in December 2000, Mourinho’s position became precarious after Joao Vale e Azevedo, who had appointed him, was replaced as president by Manuel Vilarinho.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
On Friday, Heights trounced North Side 70-0.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Sep. 2025
Blackburn trounced Rose and Fritts in an informal straw poll at the Germantown Festival in Shelby County this week.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Sep. 2025
The Bruins are the Big Ten’s only 0-2 team after getting trounced by Utah in the season opener, then losing at UNLV in Week 2.
—Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2025
In Sunday’s vote, the Peronists trounced Milei’s right-libertarian party by a staggering 47% to 34%, a far cry from the nail-biter that many pollsters had predicted.
—Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Haji Wright and Coventry City are also unbeaten, having trounced Birmingham City 3-0 this weekend.
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
The losses where they were trounced on the ground and unable to run are well documented, including against Georgia Tech this season and at Kansas in 2024.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
While Benfica made a winning start and trounced local rivals Sporting 3-0 in December 2000, Mourinho’s position became precarious after Joao Vale e Azevedo, who had appointed him, was replaced as president by Manuel Vilarinho.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
On Friday, Heights trounced North Side 70-0.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Sep. 2025
Blackburn trounced Rose and Fritts in an informal straw poll at the Germantown Festival in Shelby County this week.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Sep. 2025
The Bruins are the Big Ten’s only 0-2 team after getting trounced by Utah in the season opener, then losing at UNLV in Week 2.
—Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2025
In Sunday’s vote, the Peronists trounced Milei’s right-libertarian party by a staggering 47% to 34%, a far cry from the nail-biter that many pollsters had predicted.
—Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trounced
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After being heavily bombed in WWII, Birmingham is building a better future out of concrete and steel.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
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Set in Britain in 1953, the series will follow a new generation of the Shelby family as Birmingham tries to build a better future out of concrete and steel after being heavily bombed in WWII.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
2 Oct. 2025
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Hakeem actually whipped his members to shut the government down.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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Folding whipped topping gently into the pudding mixture keeps the filling fluffy and mousse-like.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025
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Married Matt and Amber Barnett overcame a little bit of jealousy and a lot of credit card debt to cultivate a stable relationship.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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Mookie Betts overcame his past October struggles and was their steadiest presence.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Two weeks ago, Ramírez clobbered a cutter from Troy Melton for a go-ahead home run to complete a sweep in Detroit.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Live updates The Broncos' offense clicked and the defense clobbered a Joe Burrow-less Bengals team in a lopsided 28-3 Monday Night Football win at Empower Filed at Mile High.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
29 Sep. 2025
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English and Morikawa were thrashed in Friday morning foursomes by McIlroy and Fleetwood — a pairing ranked third of 132 on the European side — before being sent back out again together by Bradley.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Mamdani, a democratic socialist and registered Democrat, thrashed the party establishment in New York City’s mayoral primary with his verve and his fierce commitment to making housing cheaper and childcare free.—
Harpers Magazine,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Bayern Munich have arguably been Europe’s most impressive team since August, and routed Pafos 5-1 to improve their title-winning probability to 10 per cent (from six).—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Early that afternoon, the missing hunter was able to make several 911 calls, which were routed to authorities.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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Instead, Rocchio walloped a fastball off the right-field foul pole for a walk-off homer, an exclamation point at the end of a regular season that culminated in an improbable AL Central crown.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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It's been a year since the remnants of Hurricane Helene walloped eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina with devastating and deadly flooding, and forcing most rafting companies to cease operations.—
Rolando Arrieta,
NPR,
29 Sep. 2025
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Carr has barely attempted 30 passes in three games, but threw only 12 in a blowout win over Purdue.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
2 Oct. 2025
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In response, Clarkson burst into laughter and threw her hands in the air, as if she were absolved of her grief.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Trounced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trounced. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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