lash out
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lash out
vb (intr, adverb)
1. to burst into or resort to verbal or physical attack
2. informal Brit to be extravagant, as in spending
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| Verb | 1. |  lash out - attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock - find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" blackguard, clapperclaw, abuse, shout - use foul or abusive language towards; "The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher" claw - attack as if with claws; "The politician clawed his rival" vitriol - subject to bitter verbal abuse rip - criticize or abuse strongly and violently; "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly" whang - attack forcefully; "whang away at the school reform plan" barrage, bombard - address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage; "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"; "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer" scald, blister, whip - subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community" rubbish - attack strongly |
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Translations
يَهْجِمُ بِعُنْف
bít kolem sebe
lange ud
odavág
ráîast á; lemja
biť okolo seba
w>lash out
vi
(physically) → (wild) um sich schlagen or hauen; (horse) → ausschlagen; to lash out at somebody → auf jdn losgehen; she lashed out with a knife → sie stieß mit einem Messer; he lashed out with his fists → er schlug mit den Fäusten zu
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lash
(lӕʃ) noun1. an eyelash. She looked at him through her thick lashes.
2. a stroke with a whip etc. The sailor was given twenty lashes as a punishment.
3. a thin piece of rope or cord, especially of a whip. a whip with a long, thin lash.
verb1. to strike with a lash. He lashed the horse with his whip.
2. to fasten with a rope or cord. All the equipment had to be lashed to the deck of the ship.
3. to make a sudden or restless movement (with) (a tail). The tiger crouched in the tall grass, its tail lashing from side to side.
4. (of rain) to come down very heavily.
lash out (often with at) to hit out violently. He lashed out with his fists.
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