Flail
Flail verb - To move or cause to move with a striking motion.
Usage example: started to flail his arms wildly when he spied a bat in the house
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Smack and flail are semantically related. in beat topic. In some cases you can use "Smack" instead a verb "Flail".
Smack
Smack verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.
Usage example: he smacked the punching bag one final time before heading to the showers
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They flail around, fall over, smack into stuff, and a whole bunch of other things.
Source: What the Fu Are You Doing? - The best way to deal with them is to use the nunchuks/Vigoorian Flail to smack them as they fly in to bite you, but even using the longest combo, it'll end long before the attack does, and they'll immediately exploit the opening you leave.
Source: Demonic Spiders / Hack and Slash -
In reality, she would flail violently enough to smack him away if he tried that.
Source: Worst Aid
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