trounce

/trauns/
Verb
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. beat severely with a whip or rod
    • The teacher often flogged the students
    • The children were severely trounced

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The tennis player trounced his opponent in the final match.