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flog

verb [T] (PUNISH)
 
 
/flɒɡ/ US  /flɑːɡ/ (-gg-)

Definition

to beat someone very hard with a whip (= a long, thin piece of rope, leather, etc.) or a stick, as a punishment: Soldiers used to be flogged for disobedience.Punishing by causing painHitting and beatingPunishing and punishments
(Definition of flog verb (PUNISH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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