Flogging and Lash

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Flogging noun - Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment.

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Lash is a synonym for flogging. In some cases you can use "Lash" instead the word "Flogging" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: flog, flogged

Lash noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.

Usage example: suddenly felt the lash of her drunken husband's hand on her cheek

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Flogging is a synonym for lash. You can use "Flogging" instead a noun "Lash".

Nearby Words: lashed, lashing, lasher

And, on the flip side, while Aubrey is by no means a "flogging captain" he uses the lash sometimes, much to Maturin's displeasure.

Source: Poisonous Friend
A Taste of the Lash: How the POWs are treated when one of their own commits an offense worthy of flogging.

Source: Literature / Christian Nation
A Taste of the Lash: Felix has permanent scars as a result of being whipped as a child; he also gets off on flogging sexual partners to the point of bleeding.

Source: Literature / Doctrine of Labyrinths

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