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   thrashing

   /ˈθraʃɪŋ/

   noun

   • 1. a heavy defeat of a sporting opponent: "both the men's and women's team gave Bradford a thrashing" Similar crushing defeatoverwhelming defeatbeatingtrouncingwallopingthumpingbatteringroutinformal:hidinglickingpastingcaninggoing-overdrubbinghammeringpoundingclobberingdemolitionslaughtermassacreannihilationshellacking
   • 2. an act of physically beating someone; a beating: "a sound thrashing might teach the individual to refrain from complaining" Similar beatingfloggingwhippinghorsewhippingscourginglashingflagellationcaningbeltingleatheringthe strapthe birchthe canethe beltbullwhippinginformal:hidingtanninglatheringpastinggoing-over

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