Scourging

Synonyms for "scourging" (30 found)

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Closest matches (6)

Noun(4 words)

afflict beat castigation condemnation

battery beating

Strong matches (9)

corporal punishmentlacing

Noun(7 words)

denunciation flagellating flagellation flog flogging harry harsh

Related words (15)

Noun(9 words)

lash lashing plague punitive reproach severe torment whip whipping

lashing punishment spanking strapping thrashing trouncing

Related word relations

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More general

6 entries

affliction criticism harm punishment severity suffering

More specific

10 entries

flogging harryharsh censurelash lashings plaguescathing critiquetormentverbal rebukewhipping

Collocations

16 entries

military scourgingpublic scourgingpublic whippingreligious scourgingritual scourgingscourging actscourging measuresscourging of prisonersscourging penaltiesscourging punishmentscourging regimescourging rhetoricscourging sentencescourging whipsevere punishmentviolent punishment

Inflections

5 entries

more scourgingmost scourgingscourged scourges scourgings

Derivations

4 entries

scourge scourged scourger scourges

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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The penalty for the breach of various contracts is scourging with stripes[…]

Source: wiktionary

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