"fustigation" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fustigation.wav Forms: fustigations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fustigation (countable and uncountable, plural fustigations)
  1. A beating with a club, rod, stick, etc.; a cudgeling. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fustigation-en-noun-~StnXNBF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Violence Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 45 45 Disambiguation of Violence: 33 34 33
  2. Any kind of beating or flagellation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fustigation-en-noun-oxe55ohr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Violence Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 45 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 42 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 56 25 Disambiguation of Violence: 33 34 33
  3. (by extension) a harsh verbal assault Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fustigation-en-noun-EbyVZBzV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Violence Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 45 45 Disambiguation of Violence: 33 34 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fustigate

Inflected forms

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