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/tˈɹaʊnsɪŋ/ · 9 letters · 8 distinct letters

  1. noun

    a sound defeat

  2. noun

    the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

  3. verb

    beat severely with a whip or rod

    The teacher often flogged the students

  4. verb

    come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

    Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship

  5. verb

    censure severely or angrily

    The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car

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