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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
Bob Strauss,
San Francisco Chronicle,
24 Mar. 2026
The pan sauce on this dish was the essence of roasted chicken, with a lashing of lemon zing ($29).
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John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Goldschmidt, lashing through the unhittable delivery, just stood in dismay.
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Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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Noun
The duo’s direct clashes whiplash with motivational complexity as well as physical lashing out.
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Bob Strauss,
San Francisco Chronicle,
24 Mar. 2026
The pan sauce on this dish was the essence of roasted chicken, with a lashing of lemon zing ($29).
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John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
Putin is lashing out by intensifying assaults on civilian targets, especially in the capital city of Kyiv.
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Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Goldschmidt, lashing through the unhittable delivery, just stood in dismay.
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Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lashing
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The online pile-on, often expressed through personal invective.
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After two months, her streams of heart and kiss emojis gave way to rivers of invective.
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Ospreay struck Strickland, who responded by whipping a chain at him.
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Vargas is accused of repeatedly whipping the cab’s hood with a belt, denting it, cops said.
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After milking, the cows would return themselves to their fresh pasture and spend the day grazing, snoozing, licking one another, and cooling off in the shade of pine trees.
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Bring along a friend who wouldn’t be able to indulge in these kinds of finger-licking treats otherwise.
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Morocco lost a pair of 1-0 games before tying Spain but failed to get out of the group stage.
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By late 2024, immigration had become markedly more salient in Irish politics, with anti-immigration candidates gaining traction and political observers tying that shift directly to the riots.
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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.
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The politicization of the COVID response has only worsened this trend, likely resulting in part from Trump’s vituperation.
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Police officers responding to Leslie Martin’s call and separate reports of a break-in found Doug Martin hiding in a neighbor’s home.
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The film is a modern take on the creature horror film told from the perspective of a young boy who slowly begins to discover that his beloved parents are hiding a disturbing secret about his mother’s true nature.
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Both Ghana and England will walk away with a point after Ghana managed to hold off England in a heart-pounding final few minutes of stoppage time.
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Each time, my heart would start pounding.
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One of the dogs involved in the attack was later found in Los Angeles County and seized.
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Two people were killed and seven others injured in Russian attacks on the northeastern Kharkiv region over the previous 24 hours, regional head Oleh Syniehubov said Friday.
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“Lashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lashing. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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