as in tongue-lashing
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as in whipping
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible
the cat's tail nervously lashed the table leg
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as in licking
to strike repeatedly
all night long sheets of rain lashed the windows
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as in tying
to prevent (someone or something) from moving freely by or as if by means of a line or cord
The raft was made from several logs lashed together with a rope.
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Recent Examples of lashing
Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
But despite the excessive lashings of déjà vu, these are storytelling clichés that work.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025
The clip shows Kali lashing out at first, before showing her calmy laying with the dogs and snoozing beside her many siblings.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
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Noun
On many nights, Tamara would find her grandmother hunched over the kitchen table, poring over trial transcripts in which Erik and Lyle delivered hours of tearful and stomach-churning accounts of beatings, verbal lashings and rape.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
But despite the excessive lashings of déjà vu, these are storytelling clichés that work.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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Trump wasted no time lashing out at the beloved filmmaker in the early hours of Monday morning as reports poured in about Reiner and his wife Michele being found dead at their Brentwood home on Sunday.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025
The clip shows Kali lashing out at first, before showing her calmy laying with the dogs and snoozing beside her many siblings.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lashing
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In an invective posted to the Truth Social platform on Thanksgiving, President Trump used a slur for people with intellectual disabilities to describe Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.—
Anthony Bettin,
CBS News,
28 Nov. 2025
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In Congo, Tutsis face widespread discrimination and bigoted invective.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
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Flash forward 92-plus years to Donald Trump’s rally Sunday at New York’s Madison Square Garden, a bleak, lurid festival of racist hate and profane vituperation so vile that even fellow Republicans, who have turned a blind eye to Trump’s character for years, are distancing themselves from the event.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Oct. 2024
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The politicization of the COVID response has only worsened this trend, likely resulting in part from Trump’s vituperation.—
Matt Motta,
Scientific American,
29 Oct. 2024
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Good's defenders – including city and state leaders – are calling what happened an unjustified attack; federal authorities say the agent was acting in self-defense.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
9 Jan. 2026
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In Kyiv, a CNN reporter said that the attack began around midnight, starting with multiple drone strikes on residential buildings.—
Kosta Gak,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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Federal officials have said agents, including those part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, are seeing increases in assaults and threats against them.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
11 Jan. 2026
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However, after his conviction on assault and harassment charges, Marvel dropped him from future projects.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Jan. 2026
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Bosa responded with an explicit tirade.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
22 Dec. 2025
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Perhaps his tirade wasn’t in vain, as Minnesota possessed a sizable free-throw advantage throughout the affair, though the Wolves missed 14 of their 47 attempts.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
20 Dec. 2025
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Last week, in a remarkable rebuke of Republican leadership, the House passed legislation to extend the subsidies for three years.—
Ali Swenson,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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Top Republican lawmakers issued rare rebukes of the president over the action, which was also denounced by every living former Fed chair.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
13 Jan. 2026
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His only discipline was an oral reprimand in 2025 after Chief Paul Humphrey found him at fault in a crash.—
Monroe Trombly,
Louisville Courier Journal,
6 Jan. 2026
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Lenard saw people smiling, laughing, making small talk, and watching their kids enjoy themselves without criticism or reprimands.—
Lisa Hughes,
CBS News,
19 Dec. 2025
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And cornerback Mike Jackson, who had four pass breakups and an interception in the playoff game, dismissed criticism of Evero’s play-calling on the defense’s final drive.—
Mike Kaye
Updated January 11,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Jan. 2026
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The couple, who did not grow up knowing one another because of estrangements in their families, faced criticism from both sets of parents for the union.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Lashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lashing. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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