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# trounce

verb (trounces, trounced, trouncing)

«trounce» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To trounce someone is to beat them thoroughly, or to defeat them easily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trounce/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales a hero trounces a monster or an enemy by beating it soundly

### Examples

- Our team trounced them 9 to 0. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trounce/#x1)
- The hero trounced the troll. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trounce/#x2)
- Ivan trounced the beast with the broken bow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trounce/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; in a score, 'trounce' means a big win, so the margin is the difference between the two scores.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «trounce» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trounce/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«trounce» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/trounce.html) on Mova free.