Synonyms : flog , lash , lather , slash , strap , welt , whip

Example Sentence

• The teacher often flogged the students
• The children were severely trounced

Synonyms : beat , beat out , crush , shell , vanquish

Example Sentence

• Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
• We beat the competition
• Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game

Synonyms : bawl out , berate , call down , call on the carpet , chew out , chew up , chide , dress down , have words , jaw , lambast , lambaste , lecture , rag , rebuke , remonstrate , reprimand , reproof , scold , take to task

Example Sentence

• The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
• The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
• The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup