Synonyms for lashing
ˈlæʃ ɪŋlash·ing

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1. whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellationnoun

   beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

   Synonyms:
   trouncing, flagellation, thrashing, debacle, whipstitch, walloping, drubbing, whipping, whipstitching, flogging, tanning, beating, slaughter

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent

2. lashingadjective

   rope that is used for fastening something to something else

   "the boats were held together by lashings"

   Synonyms:
   tanning, whipping, flagellation, flogging

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent

3. lashingadjective

   violently urging on by whipping or flogging

   "looked at the lashing riders"

   Antonyms:
   nonviolent

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1. • Beating

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1. lashingnoun

   Synonyms:
   scourging, castigation, flagellation, satire, scolding, rating

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1. List of paraphrases for "lashing":

   whipping, flogging

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How to use lashing in a sentence?

1. Karl Andree:

   He's an old frail man and I fear this lashing sentence is potentially a death sentence for him, that's our biggest concern, which is why we are trying to raise the case now to get him out.

2. David Frum:

   He is pretty much just lashing out, everybody knows people who haven't been vaccinated for legitimate reasons and there are therapeutics that can help and so on. So he’s doing this because he is a sad, sad, loser.

3. James Zimmerman:

   China is clearly being impulsive here, they're lashing out and they're not interested in building any political capital with The Canadians, this plays very well to those nationalists in China who argue that arresting the Huawei Technologies executive was pushing China too far.

4. Remberto Perez:

   He’s one of a kind, the Cuban government is very worried right now that Fidel’s death may provoke something, they lashing out against everyone they see as a threat.

5. Enrique Dominguez:

   This may have been some Internet lashing out when you get frustrated with someone and you post things on the Internet.