trounce

Verb

• censure severely or angrily
  • 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
    

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
  • Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
    
  • We beat the competition
    
  • Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
    

• beat severely with a whip or rod
  • The teacher often flogged the students
    
  • The children were severely trounced
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  call on the carpet , take to task , rebuke , rag , reproof , lecture , reprimand , jaw , dress down , call down , scold , chide , berate , bawl out , beat , beat out , crush , shell , vanquish , flog , welt , whip , lather , lash , slash , strap