Synonyms for flogging
flog·ging

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1. whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellationnoun

   beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

   Synonyms:
   trouncing, flagellation, thrashing, debacle, whipstitch, walloping, lashing, drubbing, whipping, whipstitching, tanning, beating, slaughter

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1. List of paraphrases for "flogging":

   whipping, caning, whip, skin, lashing

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1. Anthony Trollope:

   He must have known me if he had seen me as he was wont to see me, for he was in the habit of flogging me constantly. Perhaps he did not recognize me by my face.

2. Philip Luther:

   The circumstances of this case are absolutely shocking, representing another horrific example of the Iranian authorities’ warped priorities, no one, regardless of age, should be subjected to flogging; that a child was prosecuted for consuming alcohol and sentenced to 80 lashes beggars belief.

3. Hussam Eesa:

   They torture the children – mostly flogging, beating on the hands and feet, and psychological torture.

4. Philip Luther:

   The Iranian authorities’ prolific use of corporal punishment, including on children, demonstrates a shocking disregard for basic humanity, they should immediately abolish all forms of such punishment, which in Iran includes amputation and blinding as well as flogging.

5. Amnesty International Iran researcher:

   This punishment exposes the utter brutality of Iran's justice system and underlines the Iranian authorities' shocking disregard for basic humanity, meting out cruel and inhuman retribution punishments is not justice. Blinding, like stoning, amputation and flogging, is a form of corporal punishment prohibited by international law. Such punishments should not be carried out under any circumstances.