Lashing and Violent

Lashing

Lashing adjective - Violently urging on by whipping or flogging.
Usage example: looked at the lashing riders
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Violent and lashing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Violent" instead an adjective "Lashing".

Nearby Words: lash, lashed, lasher

Violent

Violent adjective - Acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity.
Usage example: violent feelings

Lashing and violent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lashing" instead an adjective "Violent".

Nearby Words: violence, violently, violator

Both words in one sentence

  • Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other In the ColSec Trilogy, Jeko and Heleth's interactions consist primarily of him needling her and her lashing out at him (usually by calling him a "yeck-mouth," but occasionally by outright getting violent) in response.
  • Evil Me Scares Me Although it is possible to stop the facial scarring that brings Two-Face's iconic look, it is not possible to prevent a Literal Split Personality within Dent: One is his normal self and the other is a cruel, violent man lashing out at the problems he sees in Gotham.
  • Never My Fault She acts like her destruction by Chell was an act of unprovoked aggression, even though she was blatantly trying to kill her, and treats Chell like a violent, ungrateful lunatic lashing out at the people trying to help her.
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