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lashed

adjective as in whipped

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He is to be lashed 50 times each Friday after prayers until it reaches 1,000 lashes.

An angry mob brandishing machetes, stones, and knives lashed out.

Adultery is criminalized, and young women who sleep with boyfriends before marriage can be lashed.

Predictably, the Chinese government lashed out and called the idea “disrespectful” and “provocative.”

On Thursday, fans lashed out against Beyoncé when she posted a picture to Instagram of herself playing golf on vacation.

Two or three deep-eyed, long-lashed Monegasque men smiled at her kindly, as Monegasque men and Italians smile at all children.

A fifty-mile breeze lashed us spitefully, tugging at our shirt-sleeves and drowning our voices, while we halted on that pinnacle.

The big ocean liners lashed to port and starboard cut us off from air as well as light and one of them is loaded with Cheddar.

The driver wanted no directions, but lashed his horse into full speed without the delay of an instant.

Then we packed, placed the sullen captives in the saddle with hands lashed stoutly, mounted our horses and recrossed the river.

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On this page you'll find 37 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to lashed, such as: braided, bunched, clustered, coiled, snarled, and tangled.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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