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
The rest of the world is trouncing the U.S. stock market this year.
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Fred Imbert, CNBC, 17 June 2025
The metals craze is reflected in the numbers: Precious metals are trouncing the US stock market this year.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 12 June 2025
Then England trounced Portugal 6-0 in the UEFA Nations League.
—Emily Olsen, New York Times, 10 June 2025
How to Train Your Dragon scored a solid lead in its second week at the box office, taking in $37 million domestically and $90.5 million globally and trouncing its competition.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 22 June 2025
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Fred Imbert, CNBC, 17 June 2025
The metals craze is reflected in the numbers: Precious metals are trouncing the US stock market this year.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 12 June 2025
Then England trounced Portugal 6-0 in the UEFA Nations League.
—Emily Olsen, New York Times, 10 June 2025
How to Train Your Dragon scored a solid lead in its second week at the box office, taking in $37 million domestically and $90.5 million globally and trouncing its competition.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 22 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trounce
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There can be ways to overcome the objections of the people who are concerned that new technology will make their jobs obsolete.—
Edward Segal,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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Meanwhile, a college in the U.K. has now stepped up and started offering classes on making and taking phone calls to help Gen Z overcome this fear.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
4 July 2025
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Where power lines are buried, flooding can also cause issues.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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Meanwhile, every attempt to create ethical walls and accountability at PURA have been quietly buried by those who benefit from the dysfunction.—
Timothy M. Herbst,
Hartford Courant,
6 July 2025
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Nothing beats a flattering linen dress for the summer.—
Isis Briones,
Travel + Leisure,
5 July 2025
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June hiring was up modestly from May's 144,000 increase in payrolls and beat the 118,000 jobs economists had forecast for last month.—
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arkansasonline.com,
4 July 2025
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Thousands of historic books are in jeopardy over a massive bug infestation that could annihilate centuries-long of historical records.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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The Young Bucks annihilated Swerve with Superkicks, but Swerve and Ospreay countered the EVP Trigger with a Hidden Blade from Ospreay while Swerve clinched the Young Bucks.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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In Libya in late 2016, the U.S. military conducted air strikes in support of Libya’s interim government to rout ISIS from its nascent safe haven in Sirte.—
Lisa Monaco,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Oct. 2017
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The Battle of Jakku The fleet of the Rebellion, now calling itself the New Republic, routs the Empire in the largest battle since Endor.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
25 May 2025
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An Italian meringue involves carefully and slowly drizzling a hot sugar syrup into egg whites while whipping them.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
3 July 2025
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The comet will also whip by Mars on October 2 at 18 million miles (30 million kilometers) from the red planet.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
3 July 2025
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Kehoe turned toward the beach and saw a 40-foot-high wave clobber a man standing on his boat.—
Brad Schmitt,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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The existential risk of ASI arises, ASI clobbers us, and we are caught completely flatfooted.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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However, if Lillard is planning to sign with a team this year and wants to land more than the minimum, that throws a wrench into the larger free-agent landscape.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Starting pitcher Logan Webb #62 of the San Francisco Giants throws a warm-up pitch during the first inning of the MLB game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on September 24, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 July 2025
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“Trounce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trounce. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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