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noun

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as in pummeling

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thrashing

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verb

present participle of thrash
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as in whipping
to defeat by a large margin the incumbent has been thrashing his opponents for so long that there's never any real contest for the Senate seat

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as in hiding
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible thrashed the poor horse with a riding crop

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as in pounding
to strike repeatedly the tree branches thrashed the sides of the house as the storm continued to rage

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as in tossing
to make jerky or restless movements in obvious pain, the wounded soldier thrashed about his cot

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thrashes (out or over)

thrashing

thrashing (out)

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“Thrashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrashing. Accessed 5 Feb. 2023.

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