Thrashing

/ˈθɹæʃɪŋ/

Synonyms for "thrashing" (121 found)

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Noun(6 words)

beating agitated beat boisterous clobbering clobbers

assault bastinado basting battering battery beating belting buffeting caning castigation chastisement clubbing collapse conquering conquestcorporal punishmentcowhiding crash cudgeling

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Noun(14 words)

cudgelling debacle degrade drubbingexcessive pagingferocious flail flailing flog floggings flogs frantic lacing larrup

deathblow debacle defeasance defeat destruction discipline disciplining downfall drubbing failure fall flagellation flailing flogging fustigation hammering hiding horsewhipping lacing lambasting

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lashing lathering

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licking mastery mauling overcoming overthrow overturn pasting pistol-whipping pounding punishment quietus rawhiding rout ruin scourging shellacking smash spanking strapping stripes

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subdual subduing subjugation swingeing switching tanning trimming trouncing truncheoning undoing upset vanquishment warming waterloo whipping

Noun(25 words)

licking overload paddling paging pummeling pummelling slaughter spank swappingswapping thrashthrashes tromping trouncing turbulent uncontrolled violent walloping wallopings whacking whip

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whipping worsting wriggling writhe writhing

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5 relation types

More general

16 entries

activityagitated motionbehaviorcomputing inefficiencycorporal punishmentdefeat licking motion movementphysical aggressionphysical movementresource contentionsystem inefficiencysystem performance issueviolenceviolent act

More specific

19 entries

beating bludgeoningboisterous movementconvulsionconvulsive movementexcessive swappingflail flogginghigh paging ratememory thrashmemory thrashingpaging stormpaging thrashingpummelingspasmodic thrashingturbulent motion

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Collocations

13 entries

convulsive thrashingheavy thrashingmemory thrashingpaging thrashingsystem thrashingthrash metalthrashing aboutthrashing behaviorthrashing episodethrashing motionthrashing wavesthrashing windviolent thrashing

Inflections

5 entries

more thrashingmost thrashingthrashed thrashes thrashings

Derivations

4 entries

thrash thrasher thrashiness thrashings

Sample sentences

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He gave me a thrashing.

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Give him a good thrashing!

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Martino was thrashing around.

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the thrashings of a fish on a hook

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