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S: (n) flail (an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing)

S: (v) beat, beat up, work over (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression) "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students"

S: (v) strong-arm (use physical force against) "They strong-armed me when I left the restaurant"
S: (v) soak (beat severely)
S: (v) pistol-whip (beat with a pistol)
S: (v) belabour, belabor (beat soundly)
S: (v) rough up (treat violently) "The police strong-armed the suspect"
S: (v) flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce (beat severely with a whip or rod) "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
S: (v) cane, flog, lambaste, lambast (beat with a cane)
S: (v) knock cold, knock out, kayo (knock unconscious or senseless) "the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds"
S: (v) thrash, thresh, lam, flail (give a thrashing to; beat hard)
S: (v) clobber, baste, batter (strike violently and repeatedly) "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
S: (v) spank, paddle, larrup (give a spanking to; subject to a spanking)

S: (v) flail, thresh (move like a flail; thresh about) "Her arms were flailing"