trounce
to beat severely; thrash.
to punish.
to defeat decisively.
Origin of trounce
1Other words from trounce
- trouncer, noun
- un·trounced, adjective
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How to use trounce in a sentence
In late 2019, a team used deep learning and generative models—similar to AlphaGo, the DeepMind algorithm that trounced humans at Go and wiped the Atari library—to conjure over 30,000 new drug molecules, a feat chemists could only dream of.
2020 in Neuroscience, Longevity, and AI—and What’s to Come | Shelly Fan | December 22, 2020 | Singularity HubAfter all, Democrats consistently trounced Republicans in the fundraising battle in 2020 Senate races but still wound up losing most of the competitive races.
Where Are Georgia’s Senate Candidates Getting All That Cash From? | Chris Zubak-Skees | December 9, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightDeepMind trounced academic molecular biology labs that had been working on the protein-folding problem for a lot longer.
Lessons from DeepMind’s breakthrough in protein-folding A.I. | Jeremy Kahn | December 1, 2020 | FortuneThe Pittsburgh Steelers and Tennessee Titans stayed undefeated, though they took very different routes to get there, while the previously unbeaten Green Bay Packers were trounced by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Aaron Rodgers Has A Bad Day, The Titans’ Offense Keeps On Chugging, And The Bears Continue To Confound | Sara Ziegler (sara.ziegler@fivethirtyeight.com) | October 19, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightBy his mid-twenties, he was trouncing everyone in sight, winning and setting course records at some of the most grueling endurance events on earth, including the Hardrock 100, UTMB, Sierra Zinal, and Pierra Menta.
Kilian Jornet Has a New Book on His Epic Everest Quest | Nick Heil | September 29, 2020 | Outside Online
A devotee, Kreeft gives Lewis the big philosophical guns, and has him trouncing Kennedy and Huxley pretty comprehensively.
Three Great Men Died That Day: JFK, C.S. Lewis, and Aldous Huxley | John Garth | November 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTToo bad it shows Republicans have learned nothing at all from their historic trouncing on Election Day.
Michael Tomasky on the Ridiculousness of Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio | Michael Tomasky | December 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThen he rattled off an impressive end to the season, trouncing Nadal and Djokovic.
Two years later he won the chairmanship of the council, trouncing another popular colleague.
With the midterms approaching, conventional wisdom has it the Dems will get a 1994-style trouncing.
Pea during the drive even cut jokes on the splendid trouncing administered to the grandee.
The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 | Armando Palacio ValdsBut by and by the little fellow snapped at Jim and made Jim angry, and he bounced on the coyote and gave him a good trouncing.
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail | Ezra MeekerMarie Louise darted forward to save Victor from a ducking as well as a trouncing, and nearly ran over a man who was passing.
The Cup of Fury | Rupert HughesIndeed they may terminate in a thorough trouncing of the male on the part of the lady of his affections.
The Meaning of Evolution | Samuel Christian SchmuckerRapid fire legs sidestep the etchings of industrious ants while silverfish are the boatmen trouncing human oars.
The Land of Look Behind | Paul Cameron Brown
British Dictionary definitions for trounce
/ (traʊns) /
(tr) to beat or defeat utterly; thrash
Origin of trounce
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