fustigation
/ˌfʌstɪˈɡeɪʃən/
noun
- Harsh criticism or verbal attack.
- The senator's speech was a fustigation of the proposed tax cuts.
- The book received a thorough fustigation from several reviewers.
- His fustigation of the company's practices went viral online.
- The act of beating with a stick or club (archaic).
- Historical records mention fustigation as a punishment in colonial schools.
- The prisoner was sentenced to fustigation for his crime.
- Fustigation was once a common form of discipline in the military.
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