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Definition of lashing

beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
rope that is used for fastening something to something else; "the boats were held together by lashings"
violently urging on by whipping or flogging; "looked at the lashing riders"

Similar Words: whipping, tanning, flogging, flagellation

Hyponyms: self-flagellation, horsewhipping

Derivational Morphology: flagellate, scourge, cane, flog, lambaste, lambast, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce

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