scourging

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

scourging

  1. present participle and gerund of scourge

Noun[edit]

scourging (plural scourgings)

  1. A beating with a scourge; a flogging.
    • 1922, Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization‎[1], page 114:
      The penalty for the breach of various contracts is scourging with stripes […]

Translations[edit]

flogging — see flogging

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