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1. (noun) bastinado
a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet
Synonyms: falanga

2. (verb) bastinado, falanga
a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels
Synonyms: bastinado, falanga

3. (verb) bastinado
beat somebody on the soles of the feet

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'bastinado'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. bastinado
Strike is the word for a single blow; to beat is to strike repeatedly, as a bird beats the air with its wings. Others of the above words describe the manner of beating, as bastinado, to
Synonyms: beat, bastinado, chastise, overcome, spank, thrash, batter, conquer, pommel, strike, vanquish, belabor, cudgel, pound, surpass, whip, bruise, defeat, scourge, switch, worst, castigate, flog, smite
Antonyms: fail, fall, get the worst of, go down, go under, surrender

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