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Definition of trounce verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

trounce

verb

NAmE//traʊns//

trounce somebody (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they trounce

he / she / it trounces

past simple trounced

-ing form trouncing

to defeat someone completely Brazil trounced Italy 5–1 in the final.

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