The teacher often flogged the students. The children were severely trounced.
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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.
source: WordNet 3.0
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.
source: WordNet 3.0
To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.
