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trounce
verb
Beat severely with a whip or rod
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verb
Beat severely with a whip or rod
“The teacher often flogged the students”
verb
Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
“Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship”
verb
Censure severely or angrily
“The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car”
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The teacher often flogged the students
The children were severely trounced
Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
We beat the competition
Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
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
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