Synonyms of thrashed

thrashed

verb

past tense of thrash

1

as in whipped

to defeat by a large margin

the incumbent has been thrashing his opponents for so long that there's never any real contest for the Senate seat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whipped
• bombed
• trounced
• buried
• threw
• overcame
• clobbered
• flattened
• upset
• routed
• beat
• annihilated
• smothered
• walloped
• dusted
• mastered
• creamed
• trimmed
• pasted
• topped
• drubbed
• overwhelmed
• shellacked
• skinned
• tromped
• waxed
• swept
• smoked
• took
• whupped
• whapped
• whomped
• blew away
• whopped
• snowed under
• destroyed
• scored
• surpassed
• conquered
• succeeded
• dispatched
• skunked
• crushed
• exceeded
• capped
• ate alive
• ran rings around
• licked
• beat the pants off
• wiped the floor with
• subdued
• slaughtered
• bested
• ran circles around
• wiped the ground with
• vanquished
• overpowered
• finished
• overmatched
• subjugated
• surmounted
• hurdled
• eclipsed
• upended
• overthrew
• won (against)
• worsted
• outdid
• outstripped
• outshone
• bettered
• outdistanced
• triumphed (over)
• prevailed (over)
• knocked over
• excelled
• transcended
• knocked off
• flourished
• broke
• overtopped
• outfought
• sunk
• sank
• aced (out)
• pipped
• outshined
• edged (out)
• overbore
• did in
• nosed out

2

as in slashed

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

thrashed the poor horse with a riding crop

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whipped
• slashed
• lashed
• flicked
• flailed
• slapped
• spanked
• flogged
• knocked
• switched
• scourged
• hit
• hided
• banged
• punched
• flagellated
• whaled
• cut
• pounded
• horsewhipped
• smacked
• licked
• leathered
• mauled
• tanned
• whacked
• batted
• birched
• thumped
• strapped
• clipped
• swiped
• beat
• clapped
• cowhided
• swatted
• caned
• rawhided
• clubbed
• pelted
• bashed
• pummeled
• battered
• pummelled
• clobbered
• cudgelled
• boxed
• hammered
• socked
• thwacked
• cracked
• slugged
• buffeted
• paddled
• bludgeoned
• drubbed
• walloped
• touched up
• bopped
• mangled
• cuffed
• knouted
• smote
• roughed
• pasted
• quirted
• busted
• whupped
• clouted
• threshed
• lambasted
• lathered
• bunged
• slogged
• clapt
• laced
• belted
• slated
• tromped
• worked over
• blackjacked
• pistol-whipped
• whapped
• cudgeled
• lammed
• belabored
• basted
• whopped
• bust
• fustigated
• fibbed
• pommelled
• pommeled

3

as in pounded

to strike repeatedly

the tree branches thrashed the sides of the house as the storm continued to rage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pounded
• lashed
• licked
• whipped
• pelted
• battered
• beat
• thumped
• attacked
• slapped
• knocked
• spanked
• smashed
• slammed
• punched
• hit
• assaulted
• mauled
• batted
• pummeled
• did
• pummelled
• bashed
• hided
• hammered
• chopped
• buffeted
• clubbed
• bludgeoned
• smacked
• paddled
• flogged
• whacked
• walloped
• whupped
• lambasted
• threshed
• raided
• lathered
• drubbed
• slogged
• stormed
• switched
• tanned
• punched out
• curried
• laced
• belted
• tromped
• boxed
• slated
• worked over
• whapped
• swiped
• wounded
• birched
• belabored
• whaled
• basted
• whopped
• cracked
• fibbed
• roughed (up)
• rushed
• swatted
• clobbered
• messed (up)
• pommelled
• assailed
• pommeled
• bunged up
• socked
• strapped
• pasted
• cuffed
• beat up on
• thwacked
• caned
• laid on
• clouted
• beset
• busted
• descended (on or upon)
• scourged
• jumped (on)
• cudgelled
• flagellated
• horsewhipped
• lacerated
• whomped
• pounced (on or upon)
• gored
• lammed
• whammed
• mutilated
• mangled
• leathered
• bust
• cudgeled
• pistol-whipped
• maimed
• blackjacked
• cowhided
• fustigated
• rawhided

4

as in tossed

to make jerky or restless movements

in obvious pain, the wounded soldier thrashed about his cot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tossed
• twitched
• jerked
• squirmed
• fidgeted
• twisted
• fiddled
• writhed
• wiggled
• shivered
• trembled
• shook
• wriggled
• threshed
• jiggled
• jigged
• shuddered
• quivered
• fluttered
• flitted
• squiggled
• quaked
• paced
• twittered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rested
• relaxed
• unwound
• calmed (down)
• stilled