LASH OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lash out mean? 

• LASH OUT (verb)
  The verb LASH OUT has 1 sense:

1. attack in speech or writing

  Familiarity information: LASH OUT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LASH OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Attack in speech or writing

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

assail; assault; attack; lash out; round; snipe

Context example:

The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker

Hypernyms (to "lash out" is one way to...):

criticise; criticize; knock; pick apart (find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lash out"):

abuse; blackguard; clapperclaw; shout (use foul or abusive language towards)

claw (attack as if with claws)

vitriol (subject to bitter verbal abuse)

rip (criticize or abuse strongly and violently)

whang (attack forcefully)

barrage; bombard (address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage)

blister; scald; whip (subject to harsh criticism)

rubbish (attack strongly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

“The lazy brutes, I’ll show them,” he cried, preparing to lash out at them with the whip.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)