trounce

There will soon be fewer pirates for you to trounce, I hope, my lad.

Hate that old Don; used me very ill; wish I could trounce him.

Yet thereupon the actor dared, saying: "But for—others—I'd trounce you with it like a schoolmaster."

This was the young man who, less than an hour ago, was vowing to trounce the author of "Ashes" for his gloomy view of life.

Apollo proceeded to trounce the baby, with scant success, however, for Mercury persisted in his assumption of ignorance.