flogging

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/ˈflɒɡɪŋ/ English

Definitions

verb

To whip or scourge someone or something as punishment.
To use something to extreme; to abuse.
To sell.
To steal something.

noun

Infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping.“What lawbreakers like that need is a good flogging. Do that and watch the crime rate plummet.”

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Synonyms

whipping flagellation lashing whiplash caning lash whip leather skin torture scourge brunt nitrogen whips scourging whacking

Associated

flogged lashes molly pillory sharia amputation banishment adultery parson punishment beheading

Rhymes

jogging dogging hogging slogging logging clogging fogging bogging cataloguing leapfrogging

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