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Another word for thrashing

noun

A punishment dealt with blows or lashes:
beating, flogging, hiding, lashing, whipping. (Informal) trimming. (Slang) licking. See attack, reward
The act of defeating or the condition of being defeated:
beating, defeat, drubbing, overthrow, rout, vanquishment. (Informal) massacre, trimming, whipping. (Slang) dusting, licking. See win

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Jade had freed himself during his thrashing and launched out of the door, machete in hand as he flung himself on Kris.
Even with the door closed, Jade.s madness and the sounds of his body thrashing against the wall were audible in the small courtyard.
Sarah immediately ceased thrashing, but Jackson's control took longer.
He has these god-awful nightmares and wakes me up thrashing around.
We have no clear information about the mind of the Flagellants, who in 1259, and again in 1 349, swarmed through the streets of European cities, naked and thrashing themselves, till the blood ran, with leather thongs and iron whips.

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