Thesaurus results for TROUNCED

trounced

verb

past tense of trounce

as in bombed

to defeat by a large margin our candidate trounced her opponent in the election, winning with 76% of the vote

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Recent Examples of trounced Tyrell Henry caught 14 passes to set a Wisconsin single-game record and Colton Joseph threw for 362 yards and accounted for four touchdowns as the Badgers trounced Eastern Michigan 54-10 on Saturday. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026 Shares of the drone manufacturer jumped 10% after first-quarter results trounced estimates. — Michelle Fox,darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026 But the Bears were absolutely trounced by a UCLA team that could run at will. — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 In 2019, the coach Brian Flores era began with a resounding thud as the Dolphins were trounced, 59-10, by Baltimore. — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2026 The margin between the candidates was highest in Belmont, which Brownsberger won handily, and Boston, where Lander trounced the Senate leader. — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2026 Trump trounced Democrat Kamala Harris by 11 points in Miami-Dade in November 2024 to win Florida for the third presidential election in a row. — Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026 Walton Johnson trounced former Orange County Property Appraiser Rick Singh with about 53% of the vote, according to unofficial results. — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026 The situation remains unresolved, and Reddit’s shares fell more than 20 percent after the earnings report, even though the company’s quarter trounced investors’ expectations on most of the basic financials. — Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026

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Most Gaza residents live in squalid tent camps, with large parts of cities bombed to rubble.

— Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Kyiv has bombed Russian refineries, leading Moscow to ban diesel exports.

— Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of bombed

Verb

After learning that Manchester whipped Maggie with a cat-o’-nine-tails, Lizzie agrees to help the Borden family’s maid kill her.

— Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
That sort of whipped, inswinging ball from Slater that caused so much havoc is hugely familiar to avid Premier League watchers.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of whipped

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Smith is said to have thrashed and thrashed in the death chamber.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2026
The flooding on the canyon floor started Saturday afternoon after waves of rainfall thrashed Bright Angel Canyon and Phantom Ranch – the only lodging under the rim of the Grand Canyon.

— Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of thrashed

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That team held a players-only meeting after falling to 0-3… then got clobbered, 27-0, by the Houston Oilers in Week 4.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Then Beamer and his boys went on the road and got clobbered by Alabama to the tune of a 49-18 beatdown.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of clobbered

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Above that threshold, the message would be routed automatically to billing or technical support.

— Wen Shao, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Hundreds of millions of dollars have been routed through political groups that do not disclose their donors, including pop-up super PACs that form and spend late in races, CBS News has reported.

— Gabe Kaminsky, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of routed

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Instead, Hilton debated like someone already preparing to launch a podcast or beg for his old Fox News job back after he gets walloped.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Just weeks after getting walloped by Hurricane Marie, residents on the peninsula in Long Beach are getting ready to do it all over again with Hurricane Polo.

— Alys Martinez, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of walloped

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Eating the baits won’t harm your pet but consuming several baits might temporarily upset your pet’s stomach.

— Eva Flowe October 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
In Brazil's October 4th presidential election, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro finished first with 47% of the vote to the incumbent's 45%, and upset the polls.

— Todd Gordon, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

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