trounced

1. beat severely with a whip or rodExamples: "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"Synonyms: flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip

2. come out better in a competition, race, or conflictExamples: "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"Synonyms: beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish

3. censure severely or angrilyExamples: "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"Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down