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61score — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. account, reckoning, tally, record; reason; twenty; music, orchestration, arrangement, chart (sl.); notch, scratch. See debt, music, credit, furrow. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A tally] Syn. stock,… …
62drub — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. cudgel, thrash, trounce; see beat 2 , defeat 3 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. thrash, hit, beat, whip, wallop, pound, club, cane, lash, switch. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To hit heavily and repeatedly with… …
63slap — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. & n. hit, smack, swat, cuff; insult. See impulse, ridicule, punishment. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. strike, pat, spank; see hit 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. 1. cuff blow, smack, hit, hand… …
64slash — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. hack, cut, gash, cleave, sever, sunder, slice, carve; whip, scourge; mark down, reduce, lower. See disjunction, decrease. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. slit, gash, sever; see cut 1 . III (Roget s 3… …
65reprimand — n 1. reproof, reproval, reproach, rebuke, rating; castigation, upbraiding, Inf. dressing down, Inf. trimming, scolding, U.S. Inf. bawling out, tongue lashing, hell; chastisement, rap on the knuckles, slap on the face; talking to, lecture,… …
66scold — v 1. chide, reprimand, Inf. dress down, Inf. trim, upbraid, U.S. Inf. bawl out, Sl. chew out, tongue lash; reprove, reproach, rebuke, rate, reprehend, castigate; chastise, rap [s.o. s] knuckles, slap [s.o. s] wrists; Inf. give [s.o.] a piece of… …
67blister — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. vesicle; bubble, sac. See receptacle. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. vesicle, bleb, sac, bulla, wheal, wale, weal, welt, blood blister, water blister, second degree burn; see also injury 1 , sore . v. Syn.… …
68excoriate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. denounce, censure; skin, pare. See condemnation, divestment. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To remove strips of skin, bark, etc.] Syn. abrade, chafe, flay; see skin . 2. [To denounce] Syn. condemn,… …
69flay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. skin, peel; criticize. See divestment, disapprobation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To remove skin, bark, hide, etc.] Syn. peel, scalp, excoriate; see skin . 2. [To criticize] Syn. reprove, castigate,… …
70lash — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. beat, whip, flog, scourge; berate, rebuke, satirize. See punishment, disapprobation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. cane, thong, rod; see beat 2 . v. 1. [To whip] Syn. cane, scourge, strap; see beat 2 . 2 …
