Trounces in sporting fixture, having run to eliminate one of the Europeans (8)
I believe the answer is:
thrashes
'trounces' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
I can't explain the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for thrashes that I've seen is " beats".)
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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