LEASHING Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

leashing

verb

present participle of leash

as in tying

to attach (someone or something) to something else by or as if by means of a line or cord Dogs must be leashed while in the dog park.

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As an astute student of soul, Jasmine Rose Wilson has identified a common thread tying together all the different permutations of the music.

— Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Pitchfork, 14 July 2026
The French Open, Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland, all of them are opportunities to win the Race to Dubai — and deny McIlroy a record-tying eighth title.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026

Definition of tying

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Knowing their days of bloodline privilege are numbered, the German and the French aristocrat bond, their class affinities binding them more tightly than the uniforms that separate them.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
Marcel Proust, Paul Bourget, and Guy de Maupassant, alongside royalty, diplomats, and politicians, are guests at the salon of their spell-binding mother, born Louise Morpurgo in Trieste.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026

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Under pressure, Fiji conceded 12 penalties — nine by halftime — and a red card to scrumhalf Simione Kuruvoli for lashing out with his boot into the stomach of Ellis Genge.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
In October 2020, Burnham happened to be holding a news conference on live TV, when an aide passed him a phone with news of another lockdown — and the mayor reacted angrily, lashing out at the central government.

— Lauren Frayer, NPR, 9 July 2026

Definition of lashing

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Just like in the darnkess cave, the snarling machine gun of thoughts—unanswered emails, to-dos, and angst about my 17 year old’s plans to travel the world alone—slowly fell silent.

— Tim Neville, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
Meanwhile, Argentina is a snarling team full of passion-merchants.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

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