flogging

/flogging/
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Definition

Noun: 1. A beating administered with a whip, strap, or rope as a form of punishment or torture. It refers to the act of striking someone repeatedly with such an instrument.

Usage

The word "flogging" is used to describe a specific, often severe, physical punishment. It is typically used in historical, legal, or disciplinary contexts. - It is commonly modified by adjectives describing its nature (e.g., public flogging, severe flogging, judicial flogging). - It often appears as the object of verbs like receive, give, order, or undergo.

Examples
  • Noun:
    • The sailor received a flogging for disobeying orders.
    • Public flogging was a common punishment in the 18th century.
    • The abolition of judicial flogging was a major reform.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be sentenced to a flogging": to receive a flogging as an official legal punishment.
    • The court sentenced him to a flogging for his crime.
  • "to administer a flogging": to carry out the act of flogging.
    • The captain administered the flogging himself.
Variants and Related Words
  • Flog (verb): to beat someone with a whip or stick as a punishment.
    • The authorities would flog offenders in the town square.
  • Flagellation (noun): the act of flogging or whipping, often used in a more formal or historical context, and sometimes with religious connotations (e.g., self-flagellation).
Synonyms
  • Whipping: beating with a whip.
  • Lashing: striking with a whip or something similar.
  • Flagellation: (formal) flogging or whipping.
  • Beating: a general term for hitting someone repeatedly.
Related Phrases
  • Cat-o'-nine-tails: a whip with nine knotted cords, historically used for flogging in the British navy and army.
    • The flogging was carried out with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
Noun
  1. beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

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