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lashing

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1. lashing - Noun

2. lashing - Verb

3. lashing - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.

See 2d Lasher.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The world powers established this filthy bacteria, the Zionist regime [Israel], which is lashing out at the nations in the region like a wild beast. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Nothing goes so well with a hot fire and buttered crumpets as a wet day without and a good dose of comfortable horrors within. The heavier the lashing of the rain and the ghastlier the details, the better the flavour seems to be. Dorothy L. Sayers

But it is the mark of all movements, however well-intentioned, that their pioneers tend, by much lashing of themselves into excitement, to lose sight of the obvious. Dorothy L. Sayers

They were so ignorant! Young men and women, educated very carefully to be apolitical, to be technicians who thought they disliked politics, making them putty in the hands of their rulers, just like always. It was appalling how stupid they were, really, and he could not help lashing into them. Kim Stanley Robinson

Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles. Lucretius

Onstage I do all the stuff I'd never do in real life, like lashing out at people who make me mad or freaking out in a long bank lineup. Performing allows me to fulfill all the sicko fantasies I've ever had. Colin Mochrie

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