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Synonyms for lashing
ˈlæʃ ɪŋlash·ing

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  1. whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellationnoun

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

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

    Antonyms:
    nonviolent

  2. lashingadjective

    rope that is used for fastening something to something else

    "the boats were held together by lashings"

    Synonyms:
    tanning, whipping, flagellation, flogging

    Antonyms:
    nonviolent

  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

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  1. List of paraphrases for "lashing":

    whipping, flogging

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#14083slaughter
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#37117debacle
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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. Remberto Perez:

    He’s one of a kind, the Cuban government is very worried right now that Fidel’s death may provoke something, they lashing out against everyone they see as a threat.

  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. Samantha Burkes:

    I just wanted to express that I don't think black people are worse than white people, i'm just lashing out, really.

  5. 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.


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