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trounce

  [trouns]
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–verb (used with object), trounced, trounc⋅ing.
1. to beat severely; thrash.
2. to punish.
3. to defeat decisively.
Origin:
1545–55; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
trouncer, noun
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trounce   (trouns)   
v.   trounced, trounc·ing, trounc·es

v.   tr.
  1. To thrash; beat.
  2. To defeat decisively.
v.   intr.
To censure something or someone forcefully: "I was out to trounce on every digression and indiscretion conducted (or should I say semiconducted) in this performance" (Robert Maxwell Stern).

[Origin unknown.]
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Trounce

Trounce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Trouncing.] [F. tronce, tronche, a stump, piece of wood. See Truncheon.] To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate. [Colloq.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : trounce
Spanish: derrotar, dar una paliza,
German: fertigmachen,
Japanese: 負かす
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trounce 
1551, "to trouble, afflict, harass," later "to beat, thrash" (1568), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to M.Fr. troncer "to cut, cut off a piece from," from tronce "piece of timber," from O.Fr. tronc (see trunk).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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