fustigate

verb

Definition of fustigatenext
as in to descend (on or upon)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fustigate
  1. leather
  2. cane
  3. strap
  4. scourge
  5. box
  6. whack
  7. smack
  8. flagellate
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  • Almost from the start, Dharavi was defined by its industries: from the traditional potters of Gujarat who began arriving in the late 1800s, to leather tanners from Tamil Nadu and embroidery workers from Uttar Pradesh.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN, 29 June 2024
  • Look to leather knee-high pairs from Jimmy Choo, Isabel Marant, Khaite, and & Other Stories for a similar version of the model-off-duty style.
    Laura Jackson, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2022
Definition of leather
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  • Prune the second-year, woody canes off summer-bearing raspberries once a year after the plants fruit.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 July 2024
  • In the nearly 250 years since its founding, the United States has witnessed its fair share of political violence, from four presidential assassinations to an 1856 caning on the Senate floor to a 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol that left at least five dead.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2024
Definition of cane
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  • Tristan is a dapper, attractive, strapping young man who comes across as a younger brother of sorts.
    Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Wrapping up an extended 235-day mission, three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut strapped into their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and undocked from the International Space Station on Wednesday, targeting a pre-dawn Friday splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of strap
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  • Sylvia scourges herself with an intensity that would make hairshirted flagellants seem soft.
    Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Social instability and post-pandemic economic pressures fueled surges in migration across the world. 2023 will probably be the hottest year on record, with heat waves scourging every continent, accompanied by other extreme climactic events.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
Definition of scourge
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  • More news: Commanders' Starting RB Officially Inactive For Showdown With Giants Stevenson was supposed to box out Noah Brown but was clearly distracted by talking smack to fans.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
  • That's the element that made MMA fun, and the concept is also what made the UFC more endearing than boxing.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of box
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  • When Mario raises his hammer, Luigi can whack it from below and send Mario somersaulting into a foe to deal extra damage with slapstick glee.
    Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Stanley Black & Decker reported mixed quarterly results before Tuesday’s opening bell, and the stock got whacked.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of whack
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  • Last night Prospect Park, smack in the middle of Brooklyn, caught fire.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Director Bruce Goodison applies the tension well in the first two thirds of this efficient Shudder release, but then the plot smacks into a dead-end in its final act.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of smack
Verb
  • Pop stars being badasses, as ever, but expressing doubt, and doing it without the flagellating self-destruction that might have come with an early iteration.
    Susannah Felts, Longreads, 27 Apr. 2023
  • For Logan, none of these self-flagellating exercises mattered.
    Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
Definition of flagellate
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