Clip
Clip verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.
Usage example: the pitch clipped the batter's helmet with enough force to knock it clean off his head
Flail
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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Flail and Clip. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/clip/flail
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