Definition of "flagellated" [flagellated]

• Biology Having a flagellum or flagella. (adjective)

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• "Residents of the city of Zamora, twice witnessed a spectacle in which men who had obviously been flagellated and otherwise tortured were paraded around one of the main glorietas bearing signs that they were being made an example by the La Familia who accused them of thievery and other crimes."
• "Left, Shiite Muslims flagellated themselves during a Muharram procession in Amroha, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Sunday."
• "Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images RELIGIOUS RITE: Shiite Muslims flagellated themselves during a religious procession on Monday in Lahore, Pakistan, as Ashura processions began."