Synonyms for thrash
θræʃthrash

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1. thrashverb

   To defeat utterly.

   Synonyms:
   thrash metal

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1. thrash

   Strike is the word for a single blow; to beat is to strike repeatedly, as a bird beats the air with its wings. Others of the above words describe the manner of beating, as bastinado, to beat on the soles of the feet; belabor, to inflict a comprehensive and exhaustive beating; cudgel, to beat with a stick; thrash, as wheat was beaten out with the old hand-flail; to pound (akin to Latin pondus, a weight) is to beat with a heavy, and pommel with a blunt, instrument. To batter and to bruise refer to the results of beating; that is battered which is broken or defaced by repeated blows on the surface (compare synonyms for SHATTER); that is bruised which has suffered even one severe contusion. The metaphorical sense of beat, however, so far preponderates that one may be very badly bruised and battered, and yet not be said to be beaten, unless he has got the worst of the beating. To beat a combatant is to disable or dishearten him for further fighting. Hence beat becomes the synonym for every word which implies getting the advantage of another. Compare CONQUER.

   Almost all antonyms in this class are passive, and can be formed indefinitely from the conquering words by the use of the auxiliary be; as, be beaten, be defeated, be conquered, etc.

   Synonyms:
   bastinado, batter, beat, belabor, bruise, castigate, chastise, conquer, cudgel, defeat, flog, overcome, pommel, pound, scourge, smite, spank, strike, surpass, switch, vanquish, whip, worst

   Antonyms:
   fail, fall, get the worst of, go down, go under, surrender

   Preposition:
   Beat with a stick over the head; beat by a trick; out of town; beat to the ground; into submission.

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1. thrashverb

   a swimming kick used while treading water

2. thrash, thresh, lam, flailverb

   give a thrashing to; beat hard

   Synonyms:
   thresh about, slam dance, mosh, run, toss, break away, run away, bat, convulse, slam, slash, jactitate, clobber, lick, hightail it, bunk, scat, scarper, fly the coop, turn tail, drub, cream, head for the hills, take to the woods, thresh, thrash about, flail, escape, lam

3. convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitateverb

   move or stir about violently

   "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"

   Synonyms:
   throw out, cast aside, toss out, discard, whip, convulse, welt, bat, thresh, flip, toss away, strap, slash, pitch, lam, fling, cast away, trounce, lick, jactitate, dispose, flog, chuck, drub, thresh about, slam dance, cut down, sky, cream, slam, thrash about, cast out, lather, chuck out, toss, throw away, clobber, lash, mosh, gash, flail, put away

4. slam dance, slam, mosh, thrashverb

   dance the slam dance

   Synonyms:
   thresh about, jactitate, mosh, toss, bang, slam dance, convulse, slam, slash, clobber, lick, flap down, bat, drub, cream, thresh, thrash about, flail, lam

5. thrashverb

   beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all

   Synonyms:
   thresh about, slam dance, mosh, toss, bat, convulse, slam, slash, jactitate, clobber, lick, drub, cream, thresh, thrash about, flail, lam

6. thrashverb

   move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation

   "The system is thrashing again!"

   Synonyms:
   thresh about, slam dance, mosh, toss, bat, convulse, slam, slash, jactitate, clobber, lick, drub, cream, thresh, thrash about, flail, lam

7. thrash, threshverb

   beat the seeds out of a grain

   Synonyms:
   thresh about, slam dance, mosh, toss, bat, convulse, slam, slash, jactitate, clobber, lick, drub, cream, thresh, thrash about, flail, lam

8. cream, bat, clobber, drub, thrash, lickverb

   beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

   "We licked the other team on Sunday!"

   Synonyms:
   bat, jactitate, clobber, puzzle out, toss, drub, solve, work, skim off, convulse, slam, slash, thrash about, mosh, lick, work out, flutter, slam dance, lap, baste, cream, batter, lap up, skim, thresh, cream off, figure out, thresh about, flail, lam

Matched Categories

1. • Agriculture
   • Beat
   • Dance
   • Swap

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1. thrashverb

   Synonyms:
   thresh

2. thrashverb

   Synonyms:
   drub, maul, pommel, beat, flog, bruise, thwack, LICK, LAMM, WALLOP

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1. thrashverb

   Synonyms:
   thresh

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1. List of paraphrases for "thrash":

   bat

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How to use thrash in a sentence?

1. Abdel Samad:

   The Libyans thrash us.

2. Abdul Majeed:

   While in the stream he once again pointed his revolver at us and fearing that he may shoot directly at us, I threw a stone at him, some of us did thrash him... because he had given us a tough time. But later we handed him over to the army personnel.

3. Mickey Mehta:

   Today life is going through unstable paces, animals slaved in cages and food exhibited in show-cases. We eat thrash, our language is brash, life is a dash and humanity is about to crash. Black is cash, party is a bash and cleansing is just a splash. Wake up, come back to nature or else a human being will just be reduced to a caricature . Let your life be naturalized, get MickeyMized.