Antonyms for lashing
ˈlæʃ ɪŋlash·ing

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1. • Beating

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1. whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellationnoun

   beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent

   Synonyms:
   trouncing, flagellation, thrashing, debacle, whipstitch, walloping, drubbing, whipping, whipstitching, flogging, tanning, beating, slaughter

2. lashingadjective

   rope that is used for fastening something to something else

   "the boats were held together by lashings"

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent

   Synonyms:
   tanning, whipping, flagellation, flogging

3. lashingadjective

   violently urging on by whipping or flogging

   "looked at the lashing riders"

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent

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1. lashingnoun

   Synonyms:
   scourging, castigation, flagellation, satire, scolding, rating

How to use lashing in a sentence?

1. Peter DeFazio:

   Their failure to appear at this hearing is a telling sign that they would rather suffer a public lashing than answer questions on the record about their operations.

2. William Gay:

   I dealt with a lot of anger because I felt like, 'Why me?' I threw out that question a lot. I got to a point where I didn't care. I felt like no one cared about me. Didn't care about school. I started lashing out at people.

3. Chipotle Cultivate Foundation:

   Clearly, Chipotle has reached a point where a company, or group of companies, feels threatened by what we are doing, and they are lashing out with this attack from the Center. chipotle’s attempt at distraction by referencing tobacco seeks to avoid answering our criticism that they are promotingdiscredited food science.

4. Enrique Dominguez:

   This may have been some Internet lashing out when you get frustrated with someone and you post things on the Internet.

5. Karl Andree:

   He's an old frail man and I fear this lashing sentence is potentially a death sentence for him, that's our biggest concern, which is why we are trying to raise the case now to get him out.

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