Main Entry: thrash [thrash] Show IPA
/θræʃ/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: flail about; beat
Synonyms: batter, beat up, belabor, belt, birch, buffet, bury,
cane, chasten, chastise, clobber, crush,
defeat, flagellate, flog, jerk, kill, lambaste*, lick, maul, murder, overwhelm,
paste, pelt, pitch, pound, pummel, punish,
rout, rush, scourge, seesaw, slaughter, spank, stir, strike, surge,
tan, tan one's hide, thresh, toss, toss and turn, trash, trim, trounce,
wallop, wax, whip, work over, writhe
Notes: trash means to beat, defeat, or move violently; thresh means to separate seeds of grain from husks by beating
Antonyms: be still
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Main Entry: beat
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: injure by striking
Synonyms: bang, bash, bat, batter, belt, box, break, bruise, buffet,
cane, castigate, clout, club, collide, crush, cudgel, drub, flagellate, flail, flog, hammer, hit, knock, lambaste*, lash, lick*, maltreat, mash, maul,
pelt, pound, pummel, punch, punish, ram, rap,
slap, slug, smack, spank, strike, swat, thrash , thresh, thump, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale, whip
Antonyms: aid, assist, guard, help, protect
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Main Entry: thresh [thresh] Show IPA
/θrɛʃ/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: beat
Synonyms: assail, assault,
bang*, bash*, baste, bat, batter, belabor, belt, box*, break*, bruise, buffet,
cane, castigate, clout*, club*, collide, crush, cudgel, drub, flagellate, flail, flog, hammer, hit*, knock*, lambaste*, lash, lick*, maltreat, mash, maul,
pelt, pound, pummel, punch*, punish, rain blows on, ram, rap, slap, slug, smack*, smash, spank, strike, swat, thrash, thump, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale, whip
Notes: trash means to beat, defeat, or move violently; thresh means to separate seeds of grain from husks by beating
