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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
Ryan Ballogg, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
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
Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 31 Dec. 2025
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
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Noun
Structurally, the homes easily withstood the hurricanes’ lashings.
—Ryan Ballogg, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
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
Verb
After lashing out at Shapiro and seemingly aligning herself with Carlson, Candace Owens and Jack Posobiec, Kelly took heat from former friends and supporters who accused her of trading her credibility for clicks.
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 31 Dec. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lashing
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Today, a Luddite is your grandparent who keeps looking at the screen rather than the camera when on Zoom, the Boomer who types in all-capital letters, the grouchy man who refuses to get a smart phone, the professor spewing invective against Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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Social media has become a constant site for the president to reveal even the most serious of pronouncements as well as a stream of invective against Democrats, wayward Republicans, reporters and others.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
17 Jan. 2026
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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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This is not just an alarming new attack that has caused chaos across the iWorld.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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One of the major ironies out of the Minnesota anti-ICE attack on a Baptist church last week is that former CNN host Don Lemon, one of the participants, is being investigated under the Ku Klux Klan Act.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
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Martinez and another man were charged in October with assault with a deadly weapon, accused of following the agents' vehicles and initiating the collision with Exum's SUV that led to the shooting on Chicago's south side.—
James Hill,
ABC News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Pretti was shot while agents were evidently seeking to detain a man, Jose Huerta-Chuma, whom Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino said had an extensive criminal record including domestic assault.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
27 Jan. 2026
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Trump launches another tirade against a NATO ally.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2026
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In 2024, Adcock went on a tirade against then-President Joe Biden.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2026
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Voters delivered a clear rebuke at the ballot box, handing parliamentary seats to opposition parties and stripping the LDP of its majority.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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The Buffalo Bills’ decision to fire head coach Sean McDermott after an overtime loss to the Denver Broncos in the playoffs drew rebuke from a Super Bowl champion.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Violators face nothing more serious than firing, reduction in salary grade, a ban on federal employment for up to five years, suspension, reprimand or a fine of up to $1,000.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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Kelly also argued that Hegseth’s potential reprimand of a sitting senator would have a chilling effect on other military veterans.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
22 Jan. 2026
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The Los Angeles Lakers have dropped six of their past 10 games and criticism of the team ramped up Thursday after the Los Angeles Clippers knocked off their crosstown rival.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Schultz said he is not bothered by the criticism marking his seven-year tenure at the $301,000-a-year post.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Lashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lashing. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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