caning Antonyms
Strongest:
- flagellating
- descending-on-or-upon-
- punching
- clouting
- slapping
- smacking
- horsewhipping
- assaulting
- strapping
- chopping
- boxing
- spanking
- scourging
- leathering
- cudgelling
- hitting
- cuffing
- cudgeling
- pistol-whipping
- swatting
- thwacking
- whacking
Strong:
- lamming
- assailing
- smashing
- lacerating
- storming
- whipping
- currying
- hammering
- cowhiding
- laying-on
- licking
- jumping-on-
- fustigating
- lashing
- attacking
- pummelling
- pummeling
- paddling
- tanning
- clobbering
- slamming
- goring
- rawhiding
- thumping
- pouncing-on-or-upon-
- flogging
- battering
- pasting
- pounding
- rushing
- whomping
- knocking
- mauling
- clubbing
- basting
- busting
- raiding
- thrashing
- cracking
- whamming
- swiping
- wounding
- birching
- socking
- lathering
- besetting
- blackjacking
Weak:
- mutilating
- buffeting
- slogging
- mangling
- switching
- whopping
- messing-up-
- tromping
- roughing-up-
- working-over
- bludgeoning
- belaboring
- walloping
- fibbing
- punching-out
- lacing
- whapping
- pommeling
- slating
- bunging-up
- maiming
- batting
- bashing
- pelting
- drubbing
- whaling
- belting
- beating
- doing
- pommelling
- threshing
- lambasting
- whupping
- hiding
Meaning of caning
Wordnet
caning (n)
work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)
Webster
caning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Cane
caning Sentence Examples
- The traditional punishment involved **striking the offender with a wooden rod**.
- The historical practice employed **whipping with a cane** as a form of discipline.
- The court sentenced the criminal to a specific number of **lashes with a cane**.
- The use of **corporal punishment** has been widely debated throughout history.
- Concerns about **cruel and unusual punishment** have led to the banning of caning in many regions.
- The focus nowadays often shifts towards **rehabilitative forms of punishment**.
- Alternative methods like **community service** are increasingly employed as correctional measures.
- Human rights organizations often advocate against the use of **physical punishment** in any context.
- The ethical implications of **corporal punishment** are a significant point of discussion.
- Moving towards more **humane and effective forms of punishment** is a global trend.
FAQs About the word caning
work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)of Cane
flagellating, descending (on or upon), punching, clouting, slapping, smacking, horsewhipping, assaulting, strapping, chopping
No antonyms found.
The traditional punishment involved **striking the offender with a wooden rod**.
The historical practice employed **whipping with a cane** as a form of discipline.
The court sentenced the criminal to a specific number of **lashes with a cane**.
The use of **corporal punishment** has been widely debated throughout history.
