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Cudgelling

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bastinadonounBeating the bare soles of the feet with a stick as a form of corporal punishment used primarily within prisons in various countries. The receiving person is required to be barefoot.
bastinadenounA blow with a stick or cudgel.
caningnounA beating with a cane, especially as a form of punishment
pummellingnounA beating.
drubbingnounA thorough defeat.
whackingverb(countable) A beating.
pummelingnounA beating.
batteringnounA heavy beating.
clobberingnoun(informal) A beating; a thrashing; a thorough defeat.
cuffingnounThe act or process of placing handcuffs on a person.
clobbernoun(slang) A thumping or beating.
bludgeoningnounAn assault with a club or similar weapon.
suggilationnounA livid mark.
scourgingnounA beating with a scourge; a flogging.
fustigationnoun(by extension) a harsh verbal assault
bludgeonrynounHarsh coercion; bludgeoning.
whopping(colloquial) Exceptionally great or large.
beat upverb(transitive) To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.
thumpingnounA dull, heavy sound.
birchingnounA beating with a birch.

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