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paddling

NOUN

boating

Synonyms

STRONGEST

rowing sailing

STRONG

canoeing cruising drifting sculling trawling yachting

NOUN

corporal punishment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

spanking whipping

WEAK

beating flagellation flogging

NOUN

defeat

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beating blow breakdown collapse debacle destruction drubbing embarrassment failure killing loss massacre rout setback thrashing triumph

STRONG

KO ambush annihilation break check conquest count discomfiture extermination fall lacing licking mastery rebuff repulse reverse ruin scalping shellacking slaughter subjugation trap trashing trimming trouncing waxing whaling whipping whitewashing

WEAK

defeasance downthrow insuccess nonsuccess vanquishment

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accomplishment achievement boon success win

STRONG

surrender yielding

WEAK

attainment mastery victory

NOUN

licking

Synonyms

STRONGEST

whipping

STRONG

KO ambush annihilation beating blow break breakdown check collapse conquest count debacle destruction discomfiture drubbing embarrassment extermination failure fall killing lacing loss massacre mastery overthrow rebuff repulse reverse rout ruin scalping setback shellacking slaughter subjugation thrashing trap trashing trimming triumph trouncing waxing whaling whitewashing

WEAK

defeasance downthrow insuccess nonsuccess vanquishment

Antonyms

STRONG

accomplishment achievement boon building construction creation forfeit good fortune loss rise success surrender victory win yielding

NOUN

thrashing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

annihilation beating conquest debacle drubbing rout trouncing whipping

STRONG

KO ambush blow break breakdown check collapse count destruction discomfiture embarrassment extermination failure fall killing lacing licking loss massacre mastery overthrow rebuff repulse reverse ruin scalping setback shellacking slaughter subjugation trap trashing trimming triumph waxing whaling whitewashing

WEAK

defeasance downthrow insuccess nonsuccess vanquishment

Antonyms

STRONG

accomplishment achievement building construction creation good fortune rise success win

NOUN

vanquishment

Synonyms

WEAK

KO ambush annihilation beating blow break breakdown check collapse conquest count debacle defeasance destruction discomfiture downthrow drubbing embarrassment extermination failure fall insuccess killing lacing licking loss massacre mastery nonsuccess overthrow rebuff repulse reverse rout ruin scalping setback shellacking slaughter subjugation thrashing trap trashing trimming triumph trouncing waxing whaling whipping whitewashing

Example Sentences

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The five survivors were now growing well and had been swimming in a paddling pool, he said.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

Newman also said snapping turtles would be unlikely to bite humans paddling in the water, but would target mammals living there such as water voles.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

That is a worry for Doug Dupin, caretaker for the Sycamore Island Club, a paddling and swimming club that dates to 1885.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

The surfer was paddling in the water off North Salmon Creek, roughly 300 yards from shore, about 8 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

I tap on Camila’s Instagram Story, watching for the millionth time as she waves happily to the camera from a kayak, holding the phone over her head to show Mya paddling frantically behind her.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

paddling

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