Baste and Flail

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Baste verb - To criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings.

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Flail and baste are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Flail" instead a verb "Baste".

Flail verb - To strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible.

Usage example: gruesome evidence that the prisoner had been flailed

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Baste and flail are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Baste" instead a verb "Flail".

Nearby Words: flailed, flailing

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