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tan
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flog, whip |
| Synonyms: | baste, beat, belt, cane, dust someone's britches, flay, hide, hit, lambaste, lash, leather, paddle, paddlewhack, punish, spank, strap, strike, switch, tan one's hide, thrash, warm someone's seat, wax, whack, whale, whomp |
| Main Entry: | brunette/brunet |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dark hair and/or skin |
| Synonyms: | bistered, brown, dusky, pigmented, swart, swarthy, tanned, tawny |
| Antonyms: | blond/blonde |
| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conquer in athletic contest |
| Synonyms: | KO, beat, bust, clobber, cream*, deck, drop*, drub, edge, flax, flog, floor*, knock out, lambaste*, lick, outhit, outjump, outplay, outrun, overpower, plow under, pommel, pound*, powder, pulverize, run roughshod over, skin*, steamroll, take, take it all, take to cleaners, tan*, thrash, total, trounce, wallop, whack, whomp, win, work over, zap |
| Notes: | decimate means to kill or destroy in large numbers; defeat means to win a victory over or to beat |
| Antonyms: | give up, lose, surrender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drub |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thrash |
| Synonyms: | beat, cane, clobber, defeat, flog, hit, lash, pound, spank, strike, tan, trounce, wallop, whip |
| Main Entry: | flagellate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | whip, lash |
| Synonyms: | beat, beat the living daylights out of, belt, flay, flog, hit, lash, spank, tan someone's hide, tan*, thrash |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scourge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, punish, often physically |
| Synonyms: | afflict, belt, cane, castigate, chastise, curse, discipline, excoriate, flail, flog, harass, hit, horsewhip, lambaste*, lash, penalize, plague, scathe, scorch*, tan*, terrorize, thrash, torment, trounce, wallop, whale, whip |
| Antonyms: | guard, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dry, burn |
| Synonyms: | blight, brand, brown, burn up, cauterize, cook, dehydrate, desiccate, dry out, dry up, exsiccate, harden, parch, scorch, seal, shrivel, sizzle, tan, toast, wilt, wither |
| Antonyms: | freeze |
| Main Entry: | spank |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slap, usually on bottom |
| Synonyms: | belt, blip, box, buffet, cane, chastise, clobber, clout, cuff, flax, flog, hide, larrup, lash, lather, leather, lick, paddle, punch, punish, put over one's knee, smack, sock, tan one's hide, tan*, thrash, trim, wallop, welt, whip, whup |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thrash |
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | be still |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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