flagellate

🇺🇸 /ˈflædʒəleɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈflædʒəleɪt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
verb
R

to strike repeatedly with a whip or similar object

The captured soldier was flagellated by the enemy forces as a form of punishment.

translation

v. to strike repeatedly with a whip or similar object

Word Forms

3rd Present flagellates
Past flagellated
Perfect flagellated
Progressive flagellating