as in to overcome
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 trounce
Fourth-quarter revenue trounced analysts’ forecasts, coming in at $989 million, versus the LSEG consensus estimate of $934 million.
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Brian Evans, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
Each of the four fatal flaws with the ratification argument were enough to trounce the motion to revise the decision, McCormick wrote.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
As the Super Bowl era began, the Bills fell one win short of the inaugural game, losing at home to the Chiefs, in turn trounced by the Green Bay Packers.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Harris trounced Trump by 20 percentage points, but Biden walloped him by 29.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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Brian Evans, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025
Each of the four fatal flaws with the ratification argument were enough to trounce the motion to revise the decision, McCormick wrote.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
As the Super Bowl era began, the Bills fell one win short of the inaugural game, losing at home to the Chiefs, in turn trounced by the Green Bay Packers.
—Tim Graham, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Harris trounced Trump by 20 percentage points, but Biden walloped him by 29.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trounce
Verb
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However, its lineup of new products may help to overcome that shortfall.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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To advance, Sporting must overcome a 1-0 deficit from the first leg.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2025
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Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The controversy started in a very Washington way: as a line item in a government spreadsheet buried on the State Department's website.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
24 Feb. 2025
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Knowledge workers routinely report spending 2.5 hours daily searching for information buried in email threads and disorganized files.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Australia beat their oldest rivals by five wickets in their Champions Trophy group game at Lahore on Saturday.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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As coached by Joe Schmidt, the Irish national team beat the New Zealand All Blacks here in 2016 (before some 62,000 people) for the first time in 111 years.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2025
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The horrendous Pacific Palisades fire annihilated huge swaths of the surrounding community and burned some of the Getty Villa’s grounds.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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Fans of the 49ers will have to recognize that the Eagles just annihilated an opponent in the Chiefs that has been the bane of their existence since Shanahan arrived.—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2025
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But the Eagles put on a show to rout the defending champs 40-22.—
Paulina Dedaj,
Fox News,
11 Feb. 2025
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But if Day and Kelly trust their outside playmakers and steer closer to a game plan of Tennessee and Oregon, Ohio State could rout Notre Dame and end the night early.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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Eleven of his assists that season came from the right, and nine were whipped across in that fashion.—
Art de Roché,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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Miller was struck in the temple, whipping his hat off his head.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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Bell’s pride in the league, though, never was higher than when the 13-point underdog Chiefs clobbered Minnesota 23-7 in New Orleans in 1970 in the last dance of the old AFL before the merger.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
3 Feb. 2025
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Furthermore, the budget is already scrap paper because the deadly wildfires that were scorching Southern California as it was being released will clobber tax revenues while imposing massive new financial burdens.—
Dan Walters,
The Mercury News,
30 Jan. 2025
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Best of all, this one’s waterproof, so you’ll be prepared for whatever weather your upcoming adventure throws at you.—
Genevieve Cepeda,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Feb. 2025
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The first three episodes, in fact, are at their most entertaining, and most promising, as all the lawyers maneuver to snag promotions, field counteroffers and throw dirt at opponents.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Trounce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trounce. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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