FLAGELLATE

• (noun) a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals

  synonyms : flagellate protozoan , flagellated protozoan , mastigophoran , mastigophore

• (verb) whip

  "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"

  synonyms : scourge

  "They scourged him with a bundle of sticks" -added by sradha_inlas

• (adj.) having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)

  synonyms : flagellated , lash-like , whiplike

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