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    trounce
    trounce /traʊns/ verb [transitive]
    to defeat someone completely:
        We were trounced 13–0.
         
    THESAURUS
       ▪ beat to get more points, votes etc than someone. Beat is used especially in spoken English: We should have beaten them easily. | I always beat my brother at tennis.
       ▪ defeat to beat someone. Defeat is more formal than beat and is used especially in writing: England were defeated by 2 goals to 1. | Bush defeated Kerry in the election.
       ▪ trounce /traʊns/ to defeat someone completely in a game: They were trounced 20–0 by Kuwait.
       ▪ thrash British English informal, cream American English informal to beat someone very easily in a game: Of course, they totally creamed the other team. | I hope we thrash them!
       ▪ wipe the floor with somebody informal to beat someone completely in a game or argument: She wiped the floor with her opponent in the debate. | They won a £1,000 prize after wiping the floor with the opposition in a bowling competition.