Flail and Wound

Flail

Flail verb - To move or cause to move with a striking motion.
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Synonyms for Flail

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

Nearby Words: flailed, flailing

Wound

Wound verb - To cause bodily damage to.

Flail and wound are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flail" instead a verb "Wound".

Nearby Words: wounded, wounding

Common collocations

arm flail arm wound arm

Both words in one sentence

  • Epic Flail Braveheart: After losing his hand at the battle of Stirling, Campbell, Hamish's Badass dad, wields a spiked flail during the battle at Falkirk, and ends up receiving a mortal wound while he's busy swinging it overhead.
    Source: Epic Flail
  • Multiple Gunshot Death Expect the victim to flail and twitch dramatically (or hilariously) with each new wound.
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