gantleting

/ˈɡɔːntlɪtɪŋ/
verb
  1. Present participle of gantlet; to subject someone to a gantlet or ordeal.
    • The committee was gantleting the candidate with harsh questions.
    • They spent the afternoon gantleting each other with playful insults.
    • The soldiers were gantleting the prisoner as punishment.
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