what does trounce mean?
TROUNCE as VERB
- Meaning
- censure severely or angrily
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- 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
Hypernyms(s) trounce is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
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- Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
- We beat the competition
- Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
Hypernyms(s) trounce is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- beat severely with a whip or rod
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- The teacher often flogged the students
- The children were severely trounced
Hypernyms(s) trounce is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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