Meaning of the word thrashing in English

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thrashing

US /ˈθræʃ.ɪŋ/
UK /ˈθræʃ.ɪŋ/

Noun

1.

an occasion when someone hits a person or animal hard many times as a punishment:

Example:
At that time the thrashing of servants was legal.
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