thrash
verb (used with object)
to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
has thrashed
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present perfectof thrash (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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For 30 years, Morta Skuld has thrashed and mangled the bounds of death metal.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2021
Like an out-of-control fire hose, the Yellow river has thrashed across the north China plain, its sea mouth shifting by hundreds of miles.
From Economist ● Sep. 8, 2016
In the 21 years since he dropped out of Harvard to start Microsoft, William Henry Gates III, 41, has thrashed competitors in the world of desktop operating systems and application software.
From Time Magazine Archive
Misinformed, newspaper headlines next day scream that unknown Burleigh 'Sullivan has thrashed the champion.
From Time Magazine Archive
One man has thrashed 300 bushels of oats per day, and on windy days says the mill would run a thrasher of double this capacity.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 by Various
