as in tongue-lashing
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1
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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2
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
Rory Doherty, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
On New Year’s in Russia, revelers traditionally consume lashings of Olivier salad.
—Lena Medvedeva, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024
Allie Volpe, Vox, 15 Jan. 2025
As a result, when a problem worth discussing does arise, many people may not be able to adequately share their concerns without being accusatory or lashing out, Nasir says.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 15 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Terence Fisher doused the first color adaptation of Holmes’s most famous case with lashings of red and green — which weren’t enough to impress the Conan Doyle estate, which took umbrage with Hammer’s salacious changes to the plot.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
On New Year’s in Russia, revelers traditionally consume lashings of Olivier salad.
—Lena Medvedeva, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
As a result, when a problem worth discussing does arise, many people may not be able to adequately share their concerns without being accusatory or lashing out, Nasir says.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 15 Jan. 2025
As a result, when a problem worth discussing does arise, many people may not be able to adequately share their concerns without being accusatory or lashing out, Nasir says.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lashing
Noun
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Congress often seems incapable of doing anything other than hurl petty invectives across the aisle.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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Such invective, coming from a saboteur with firsthand experience of institutional prudishness, put DeGenevieve in a paradoxical position: that of a professor who, because she was tenured, had the luxury of deriding her own ivory tower.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
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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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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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In March, two days of U.S. attacks killed more than 50 people, Houthi officials said.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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The company highlights one type of attack that is now targeting users and which is especially dangerous.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Beijing has also softened its regulatory assault on Chinese technology companies and the property sector.—
Jacky Wong,
WSJ,
6 Feb. 2023
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Zelenskyy has warned for weeks that Moscow aims to step up its assault after about two months of virtual stalemate along the front line that stretches across the south and east.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
31 Jan. 2023
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Unfortunately, more often than not, that clarity comes through speechifying, minor-key tirades and copious use of ’50s-era TV clips that make plain the all-too-obvious parallels between then and now.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
3 Apr. 2025
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Falling in Reverse frontman Ronnie Radke is facing scrutiny after a social media tirade directed at Australian councillors prompted an official report to Tasmania Police.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
24 Mar. 2025
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The incident led to a strong rebuke from U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio during his recent visit to Georgetown.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2025
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Democrats campaigned in the three races by focusing their ire on Musk and Trump and crowed afterward that the results were a rebuke to the two men who have been frequently side-by-side during the opening months of the new administration.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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Her government sought to intimidate critical journalists and moved to replace top officials at Italy’s public broadcaster RAI, earning a public reprimand from the European Commission for restricting the media’s independence.—
Nathalie Tocci,
Foreign Affairs,
26 Mar. 2025
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In any case, now that Quinn has summoned Beck and Reacher to face a reprimand and possibly a firing squad, Reacher has resolved to kill Quinn for good this time.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2025
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For an artist so focused on the future, criticism doesn’t slow him down.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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The messaging also included criticism of U.S. policy that echoed China's public statements.—
Beijing and Washington Bureaus,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Lashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lashing. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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