trounces
Beats very badly
Trounces is the third-person singular of trounce, meaning to defeat decisively or beat severely.
The word applies to competitive contexts—sports, elections, debates—where one side overwhelms the other: Our team trounced them 42 to 7.
It can also mean to punish or thrash physically, though this sense is less common now.
Overcomes or bests
- crushesCompresses with force
- overwhelmsConquers by superior force
- routsDecisive, overwhelming defeats
- thrashesBeats severely or defeats
clobbers · hammers · drubs · demolishes · vanquishes · conquers · annihilates · decimates
Defeats through greater strength
- dominatesExerts supreme control
- subjugatesBrings under complete control
- subduesOvercomes and controls
- mastersThose with dominion
commands · controls · suppresses · overwhelms · prevails · rules · dictates · conquers
Exceeds by wide margin
- outplaysDefeats through superior skill
- outshinesExceeds in brilliance
- eclipsesAstronomical occultations
- surpassesExceeds in quality
outperforms · outstrips · outdistances · overshadows · outguns · outmatches · outmaneuvers · bests
defeats
Overcomes or bests
- crushesCompresses with force
- overwhelmsConquers by superior force
- routsDecisive, overwhelming defeats
thrashes · clobbers · hammers · drubs · demolishes · vanquishes · conquers · annihilates · decimates · beats
overpowers
Defeats through greater strength
- dominatesExerts supreme control
- subjugatesBrings under complete control
- subduesOvercomes and controls
masters · commands · controls · suppresses · overwhelms · prevails · rules · dictates · conquers · crushes
outclasses
Exceeds by wide margin
- outplaysDefeats through superior skill
- outshinesExceeds in brilliance
- eclipsesAstronomical occultations
surpasses · outperforms · outstrips · outdistances · overshadows · outguns · outmatches · outmaneuvers · bests · tops