trounce
verb[T]
informaluk/traʊns/us/traʊns/todefeatacompetitorby alargeamount:
彻底打败;击溃France trounced Germanybyfivegoalsto one in thequalifyingmatch.在资格赛中法国队以5比1大败德国队。
She trounced herrivalsin theelection.她在选举中彻底击败了众多对手。
Synonyms
annihilateinformal
beat(DEFEAT)
conquer
crush(BEAT)
defeat
hammer(DEFEAT)informal
thrash(DEFEAT)informal
to beat someone in a race, competition, etc.
- beatUnited beat City 3 - 2.
- defeatCan Ireland defeat New Zealand in this high-stakes match?
- conquerThe Greeks had fought and conquered the army of Mardonius.
- vanquishThe superhero always vanquishes his foes and saves the world.
- annihilateModern superpowers succeed not by annihilating their enemies but by buying them off.
- hammerThe Colts got hammered by the Patriots.
Winning and defeating
- annihilate
- annihilation
- bank
- be gunning forsomeoneidiom
- be one in the eye forsomeoneidiom
- convincing
- moral victory
- move/go in for the killidiom
- near thing
- outclass
- outcompete
- sew
- slaughter
- sweep
- sweep the boardidiom
- takesomeonedown
- takesomeoneto the cleaner'sidiom
- takesomethingapart
- takedown
- wipe