TROUNCE

• (verb) 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"

  synonyms : bawl out , berate , call down , call on the carpet , chew out , chew up , chide , dress down , have words , jaw , lambast , lambaste , lecture , rag , rebuke , remonstrate , reprimand , reproof , scold , take to task

  please, i have absolutely no desire to be the object of her berating all night long. -added by diviya_inlas

• (verb) 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"

  synonyms : beat , beat out , crush , shell , vanquish

• (verb) beat severely with a whip or rod

  "The teacher often flogged the students", "The children were severely trounced"

  synonyms : flog , lash , lather , slash , strap , welt , whip

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