| Main Entry: | lash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, whip |
Synonyms: |
baste, batter, buffet, chastise, dash, drum, flagellate, flay, flog, hammer, hide, hit, horsewhip, knock, lam, lather, pound, pummel, scourge, smack, strap, strike, thrash, wear out, whale |
| Main Entry: | scourge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, punish, often physically |
Synonyms: |
afflict, belt, cane, castigate, chastise, curse, discipline, excoriate, flail, flog, harass, hit, horsewhip, lambaste*, lash, penalize, plague, scathe, scorch*, tan*, terrorize, thrash, torment, trounce, wallop, whale, whip |
Antonyms: |
guard, protect |
| Main Entry: | whip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | length of material for hitting |
Synonyms: |
bat, belt, birch, bullwhip, cane, cat-o'-nine-tails, crop, goad, horsewhip, knout, lash, prod, push, rawhide, rod, ruler, scourge, strap, switch, thong |
| Concept: | [Instrument of punishment.] Scourge. |
| Category: | 5. Institutions |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
scourge, rod, cane, stick; ratan, rattan; birch, birch rod; azote, blacksnake, bullwhack [U.S.], chicote, kurbash, quirt, rawhide, sjambok; rod in pickle; switch, ferule, cudgel, truncheon., whip, lash, strap, thong, cowhide, knout; cat, cat o'nine tails; rope's end., pillory, stocks, whipping post; cucking stool, ducking stool; brank; trebuchet, trebuket., triangle, wooden horse, iron maiden, thumbscrew, boot, rack, wheel, iron heel., treadmill, crank, galleys., scaffold; block, ax, guillotine; stake; cross; gallows, gibbet, tree, drop, noose, rope, halter, bowstring; death chair, electric chair; mecate., house of correction (prison)., goaler, jailer; executioner; electrocutioner; lyncher; hangman; headsman; Jack Ketch.
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