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thrashing
[ thrash-ing ]
/ ˈθræʃ ɪŋ /
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noun
a flogging; whipping.
the act of a person or thing that thrashes.
a pile or quantity of threshed grain or the grain threshed at one time.
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British Dictionary definitions for thrashing
thrashing
/ (ˈθræʃɪŋ) /
noun
a physical assault; flogging
a convincing defeata 5–1 thrashing
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