| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A punishment dealt with blows or lashes: flogging, hiding, lashing, thrashing, whipping. Informal : trimming. Slang : licking. See ATTACK, REWARD. 2. The act of defeating or the condition of being defeated: defeat, drubbing, overthrow, rout, thrashing, vanquishment. Informal : massacre, trimming, whipping. Slang : dusting, licking. See WIN.
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