verb (v)

• beat severely with a whip or rod(verb.contact)

  Example:
  The children were severely trounced.
  

  Synonym:
  flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, welt, whip
  

  source: wordnet30
• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict(verb.competition)

  Synonym:
  beat, beat out, crush, shell, vanquish
  

  source: wordnet30
• censure severely or angrily(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof
  

  source: wordnet30
• To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.(verb)

  source: webster1913