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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

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The Tampa Bay Rays third baseman smacked a 463-foot whopper late last month.

— Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 July 2026
Almost two years ago, China’s east coast was smacked by one of the strongest storms in decades, which temporarily halted container operations at both Shanghai and Ningbo ports.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 8 July 2026

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While setting up an attack near the France box, midfielder Dani Olmo overcame a hard challenge that knocked him down to play a through ball to Pedro Porro.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
But England knocked Norway out of the tournament after a dramatic 2-1 victory.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 14 July 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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The younger sons were in their attic room, the oldest out somewhere, wooing the Guidry girl or playing cards with her brothers—when a stronger gust slapped the house.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
Shia also revealed that another one of his former castmates, Weaver, allegedly slapped his father on the set of Holes.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026

Definition of slapped

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With the wind and the sea now working against them, Odysseus and his men were next led to the Laestrygonian giants, who brutally attacked them, leaving them with only one ship and its crew.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
Iran attacked a power generation and water desalination plant in Kuwait, the Gulf nation said on Saturday.

— Monica Haider, CNN Money, 18 July 2026

Definition of attacked

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However, without strong spending activity at home, a heavy reliance on exports makes China particularly vulnerable to a reversal in AI sentiment, which would hit sales of high-tech products.

— Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Lanageliers started the game at catcher and hit third in the lineup while the American League won a largely uneventful affair, 4-0, at Citizens Bank Park, home of the Phillies.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026

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