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Broader term 4

Conclusion 76% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Ending 76% connected

of End

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Failure 76% connected

Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.

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Finish 76% connected

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Debacle 76% connected

A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone…

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Drubbing 76% connected

of Drub

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Flagellation 76% connected

A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging.

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Flogging 76% connected

of Flog

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Lashing 76% connected

The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.

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Lurch 76% connected

To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.

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Rout 76% connected

To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore loudly.

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Skunk 76% connected

Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an…

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Slaughter 76% connected

The act of killing.

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Tanning 76% connected

of Tan

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Thrashing 76% connected

of Thresh

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Trouncing 76% connected

of Trounce

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Walloping 76% connected

of Wallop

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Whipping 76% connected

of Whip

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Whitewash 76% connected

Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash for making the skin fair.

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Synonym 7

Beating 92% connected

of Beat

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Defeat 92% connected

To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Drubbing 92% connected

of Drub

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Lacing 92% connected

of Lace

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Thrashing 92% connected

of Thresh

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Trouncing 92% connected

of Trounce

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Whacking 92% connected

of Whack

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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