| Main Entry: | trounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat overwhelmingly |
Synonyms: |
bash, beat, blank, bury, bust, cap, clobber, conquer, cook one's goose, crush, drub, dust*, fix one's wagon, flog, hammer*, lambaste*, lather, lick*, make mincemeat of, murder, overcome, overwhelm, paste, pommel, put away, rout, swamp, thrash*, total*, trash*, walk over, wallop, waste*, wax, whip, win, wipe off the mat |
Antonyms: |
fail, forfeit, lose |
| Main Entry: | baste |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pummel, thrash |
Synonyms: |
batter, beat, berate, blister, clobber, club, drub, lambaste, lash, maul, pelt, revile, scold, trounce, wallop, whip, whomp |
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | injure by striking |
Synonyms: |
bang, bash, bat, batter, belt, box, break, bruise, buffet, cane, castigate, clout, club, collide, crush, cudgel, drub, flagellate, flail, flog, hammer, hit, knock, lambaste*, lash, lick*, maltreat, mash, maul, pelt, pound, pummel, punch, punish, ram, rap, slap, slug, smack, spank, strike, swat, thrash, thresh, thump, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale, whip |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, guard, help, protect |
| Main Entry: | best |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat; gain advantage |
Synonyms: |
KO, beat, beat up, better, blank*, blast*, bulldoze, clobber, conquer, cream*, deck, drub, exceed, excel, flax, floor*, get the better of, knock off, lambaste, let have it, lick*, master, outclass, outdo, outshine, outstrip, overcome, prevail, put away, shoot down, shut down, surpass, take care of, take down, tan*, thrash*, top, total, transcend, trash*, triumph, triumph over, trounce, wallop, waste*, wax, whip*, whomp, whop, wipe out, wipe the floor with, wipe, zap |
Antonyms: |
give up, lose, relent, surrender |
| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conquer in athletic contest |
Synonyms: |
KO, beat, bust, clobber, cream*, deck, drop*, drub, edge, flax, flog, floor*, knock out, lambaste*, lick, outhit, outjump, outplay, outrun, overpower, plow under, pommel, pound*, powder, pulverize, run roughshod over, skin*, steamroll, take, take it all, take to cleaners, tan*, thrash, total, trounce, wallop, whack, whomp, win, work over, zap |
| Notes: | decimate means to kill or destroy in large numbers; defeat means to win a victory over or to beat |
Antonyms: |
give up, lose, surrender |
| Main Entry: | drub |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thrash |
Synonyms: |
beat, cane, clobber, defeat, flog, hit, lash, pound, spank, strike, tan, trounce, wallop, whip |
| Main Entry: | flog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | whip, lash |
Synonyms: |
beat, belt, cane, castigate, chastise, ferule, flagellate, flax, flay, give the cat o'nine tails, hide, hit, larrup, lather, leather, paddle, scourge, spank, strike, stripe, tan one's hide, thrash, trounce, wax, whack, whale, whomp, whop |
| Main Entry: | hammer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, hit |
Synonyms: |
bang, batter, bear down, clobber, defeat, drive, drub, fashion, forge, form, knock, make, pound, pummel, shape, strike, tap, thrash, trounce, wallop, whack, whomp |
| Main Entry: | lick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, sometimes by hitting |
Synonyms: |
beat, best, clobber, conquer, down, excel, flog, hit, hurdle, lambaste, master, outdo, outstrip, overcome, overwhelm, rout, slap, smear, smother, spank, strike, surmount, surpass, thrash, throw, top, trim, trounce, vanquish, wallop, whip |
Antonyms: |
lose |
| Main Entry: | overpower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat; get the upper hand |
Synonyms: |
bear down, beat down, blank, blow away, bulldoze, bury, clobber, conquer, cream*, crush, defeat, drown, drub, immobilize, knock out, lay one out, murder*, overcome, overthrow, overwhelm, prostrate, put away, quell, reduce, roll over, rout, shellack, shut off, smash*, subdue, subjugate, swamp*, take care of, take out*, torpedo, total*, trash*, trounce, vanquish, waste*, wax, whelm |
Antonyms: |
surrender, yield |