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| trounce | | A | verb | | 1 | call on the carpet, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
| | | | 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" | | | Category Tree:express; verbalize; verbalise; utter; give tongue to╚ state; say; tell╚ note; observe; mention; remark╚ comment; notice; remark; point out╚ knock; criticize; criticise; pick apart╚ call on the carpet, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast | | 2 | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
| | | | 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" | | | Category Tree: | | 3 | flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
| | | | beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" | | | Category Tree: |
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