I. noun
Synonyms: plague 1, curse, pestilence
II. verb
1.
Synonyms: whip 1, flagellate, flog, hide, lash, lather, stripe, thrash, ||wear out, whale
Related Word: hit; knout; flail, whop
Idioms: whip to ribbons
2.
Synonyms: ravage , depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, pillage, sack, spoliate, waste
3.
Synonyms: lambaste 3, blister, castigate, excoriate, flay, lash (into), scarify, scathe, scorch, slash