Drub
Drub verb - To strike repeatedly.
Usage example: a crowd was drubbing the purse snatcher when the police arrived on the scene
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Synonyms for Drub
Scourge
Scourge verb - To strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible.
Usage example: scourge the tree with a whip to loosen the bark
Drub and scourge are semantically related in praise topic. Sometimes you can use "Drub" instead a verb "Scourge", if it concerns topics such as lambaste, flay.
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Scourge and Drub. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/drub/scourge
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