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trounce
Averb
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"
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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"
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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"
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