horsewhipped

verb

past tense of horsewhip
as in whipped
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible the pirate captain threatened to horsewhip any of his crew who questioned his orders

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horsewhipped
  1. whipped
  2. slashed
  3. lashed
  4. flogged
  5. scourged
  6. slapped
  7. flicked
Verb
  • Spread remaining 1 cup whipped topping over pie; garnish with additional lime zest.
    — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Howling winds whipped palm trees and waterways swelled with fast-moving runoff from relentless rain that blew nearly sideways.
    — Alexa St. John, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of whipped
Verb
  • In 2025 the administration slashed the CRCL staff from roughly 150 employees down to just a handful, effectively halting operations.
    — Vanessa Romo, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Walmart attributed the disappointing sales growth in part to new federal drug pricing rules that slashed the price of several expensive medications for Medicare enrollees.
    — Kayla Steinberg, NBC news, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of slashed
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  • Holmes attempted to ask a follow-up, but Trump lashed out at her.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
  • EDTAugust 17, 2026 This weekend, Hawaii was lashed by a rare hurricane, as Lala’s eye passed just 20 miles south of the Big Island’s southern tip on Saturday.
    — Ben Noll, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of lashed
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  • The same day that the nanny allegedly beat Walter, other caregivers slapped and flogged his siblings, including with shoes and wooden sticks.
    — Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
  • The media flagged and flogged it for AI incompetence.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026
Definition of flogged
Verb
  • These scourged the poor harder than anyone else.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
Definition of scourged
Verb
  • After making the grab, Allen celebrated briefly, then slapped hands with Delane.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the federal agency authorized to regulate event contract exchanges, slapped multiple states with lawsuits in response.
    — Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of slapped
Verb
  • Marcus Caldeira flicked a header from about 35 yards out to Pereyra, who chipped in a first-touch finish from a couple steps inside the penalty box.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The toads had gone rogue, consuming native frogs, birds, insects, small marsupials, even Ping-Pong balls and cigarette butts flicked toward them at pubs—almost everything except the swarms of sugarcane beetles they had been imported to feed on.
    — Kimon de Greef, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of flicked
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