caning Synonyms
Strongest:
- scourging
- clouting
- boxing
- hitting
- swatting
- cudgelling
- spanking
- pistol-whipping
- punching
- leathering
- flagellating
- whacking
- chopping
- strapping
- slapping
- cudgeling
- assaulting
- smacking
- descending-on-or-upon-
- thwacking
- cuffing
- horsewhipping
Strong:
- swiping
- currying
- hammering
- whamming
- pouncing-on-or-upon-
- wounding
- storming
- lashing
- slamming
- laying-on
- lacerating
- licking
- thrashing
- basting
- clubbing
- cowhiding
- jumping-on-
- pasting
- flogging
- whomping
- attacking
- goring
- paddling
- knocking
- rushing
- smashing
- busting
- assailing
- mauling
- pummelling
- pummeling
- socking
- tanning
- raiding
- thumping
- rawhiding
- lathering
- clobbering
- birching
- pounding
- lamming
- fustigating
- whipping
- blackjacking
- besetting
- cracking
- battering
Weak:
- working-over
- switching
- belaboring
- whapping
- whupping
- messing-up-
- maiming
- pommeling
- slogging
- slating
- walloping
- roughing-up-
- whopping
- bashing
- pelting
- whaling
- pommelling
- bludgeoning
- batting
- lacing
- fibbing
- threshing
- buffeting
- tromping
- punching-out
- hiding
- beating
- lambasting
- drubbing
- belting
- doing
- mangling
- bunging-up
- mutilating
caning Meaning
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
scourging, clouting, boxing, hitting, swatting, cudgelling,spanking, pistol-whipping, punching, leathering
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.
