trounce in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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  beat out  crush  shell  trounce  vanquish 
   
2. 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"
   call on the carpet  take to task  rebuke  rag  trounce  reproof  lecture  reprimand  jaw  dress down  call down  scold  chide  berate  bawl out  remonstrate  chew out  chew up  have words  lambaste  lambast 
   
3. beat severely with a whip or rod
   "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
   flog  welt  whip  lather  lash  slash  strap  trounce