Definition of "fustigate" [fus•ti•gate]

• To beat with a club; cudgel. (verb-transitive)
• To criticize harshly: "We followed [Ibsen] as he fustigates himself and us” ( Patrice Chereau). (verb-transitive)

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• "We do not trouble ourselves to conduct our affairs in a diplomatic, reasoned fashion, we bloviate, fustigate, and bomb whoever makes us feel more “American” at the moment."
• ""This is all very fine: but the simple fact is, it is beginning to rain, and I think it advisable for us to beat, fustigate, (where _did_ you get that, Miranda?) or wallop, a retreat!""
• "For the Patriot women take their hazel wands, and fustigate, amid laughter of bystanders, with alacrity: broad bottom of"