Beat by a large margin (7)

I believe the answer is:

trounce

(Other definitions for trounce that I've seen before include "Defeat heavily (in contest)" , "Beat resoundingly" , "Aged skip" , "Rout" , "Utterly defeat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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