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as in whipped
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible
the cat's tail nervously lashed the table leg
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as in pounded
to strike repeatedly
all night long sheets of rain lashed the windows
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as in tied
to prevent (someone or something) from moving freely by or as if by means of a line or cord
The raft was made from several logs lashed together with a rope.
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Recent Examples of lashed
Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2026
The California economy was lashed all year by tumult in Hollywood, which has been hit by a slowdown in filming as well as media and entertainment industry consolidation.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Britney Spears lashed out at family for celebrating Christmas without her.
—Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
Though the snowstorm that lashed Minnesota on Sunday has wrapped up, road conditions were still challenging on Monday.
—Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
Player comportment Some fans have lashed out at Tagovailoa for remaining on the field after the game to joke around and laugh for several minutes with Steelers and former Dolphins defensive back Jalen Ramsey.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
In the crucial moment when the flood did not arrive, Riecken lashed out at Martin, calling her dense.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
Picking sweet Julie mangoes from the big tree in the front yard of my childhood home; going to the beach where my late brother tried (and failed) to teach me to swim; visiting relatives during the summer in the very areas that were now being lashed by rain and wind.
—Grace White, Essence, 29 Oct. 2025
Vargas floated groups of migrants across the informal border crossing between Guatemala and Mexico on a makeshift raft made from wooden boards lashed to fat inner tubes.
—Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 29 Oct. 2025
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Trump has also repeatedly lashed out over the state’s incarceration of Tina Peters, the former county clerk convicted of state felonies related to her attempts to prove discredited election conspiracies shared by the president.
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“Lashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lashed. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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