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fustigated

verb

past tense of fustigate

as in descended (on or upon)

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These scourged the poor harder than anyone else.

— Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025

Definition of scourged

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That stretch started with the doubleheader sweep of the Detroit Tigers earlier this month, when Bazzana smacked a tying homer and a walk-off single in the nightcap.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Suddenly a fan favorite in New York again, Volpe smacked a grand slam and drove in a career-high five runs during his rousing return from Triple-A as the Yankees beat the Colorado Rockies 10-3 on Thursday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of smacked

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The news comes roughly a month after fellow receiver Ricky Pearsall had knee surgery that knocked him out for the season.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Walmart knocked Harris Teeter from the top spot in 2019 and has dominated the Charlotte market since with 23% of the market share last year.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of knocked

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Poor guy is probably just trying to watch the home run derby in peace and just got drive by whacked by me.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026
Pop, a Romanian, was rolling through another service game when Bobker whacked an easy backhand beyond the baseline.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 July 2026

Definition of whacked

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Washington has slapped sanctions on some of the groups and could impose more.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
When confronted by the rest of the band (including Stevie, who pleaded with him to reconsider), Lindsey grew irate and allegedly slapped his onetime musical partner across the face and tried to strangle her.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of slapped

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Six of the gunmen were killed, according to police, who said one suicide bomber attacked the nearby office of an intelligence agency.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
When a wealthy, royal woman is attacked by bandits, the two men save her and are welcomed to the castle as valiant knights.

— Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of attacked

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The helicopter, which was used by NBC and Telemundo, crashed about two hours after police say Rios drove her 2004 Ford Expedition the wrong way down a busy avenue, ran a red light and struck a vehicle before hitting the bus.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Police say Rios drove her 2004 Ford Expedition the wrong way down a busy avenue, ran a red light, and struck another vehicle before hitting the Metro bus.

— Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026

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