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trounce
verbs
beat severely with a whip or rod
"The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
flog,
lash,
lather,
slash,
strap,
trounce,
welt,
whip
is derived from
trouncing
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
"Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
beat,
beat out,
crush,
shell,
trounce,
vanquish
is derived from
trouncing
censure severely or angrily
"The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
bawl out,
berate,
call down,
call on the carpet,
chew out,
chew up,
chide,
dress down,
have words,
jaw,
lambast,
lambaste,
lecture,
rag,
rebuke,
remonstrate,
reprimand,
reproof,
scold,
take to task,
trounce
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