pistol-whipping Synonyms
Strongest:
- whacking
- leathering
- spanking
- knocking
- clobbering
- clouting
- raiding
- cowhiding
- thwacking
- lacerating
- swiping
- chopping
- horsewhipping
- flagellating
- punching
- scourging
- assailing
- rawhiding
- cudgelling
- cuffing
- wounding
- hitting
- storming
- assaulting
- swatting
- socking
- attacking
- caning
- slapping
- smacking
- blackjacking
- slamming
- descending-on-or-upon-
- strapping
- smashing
- boxing
- cudgeling
Strong:
- rushing
- clubbing
- lamming
- working-over
- pasting
- pouncing-on-or-upon-
- hiding
- jumping-on-
- whomping
- mutilating
- pounding
- drubbing
- cracking
- punching-out
- mauling
- pummelling
- hammering
- flogging
- tanning
- goring
- lathering
- lashing
- paddling
- fustigating
- pelting
- whamming
- besetting
- licking
- whupping
- buffeting
- thumping
- maiming
- bashing
- walloping
- whipping
- pummeling
- thrashing
- busting
- belting
- laying-on
- bludgeoning
- battering
Weak:
pistol-whipping Meaning
pistol-whipping
to beat with a pistol
pistol-whipping Sentence Examples
- The gangster resorted to pistol-whipping to intimidate his rivals.
- The criminal was charged with assault after pistol-whipping the store clerk during the robbery.
- He narrowly escaped serious injury when the assailant attempted pistol-whipping him.
- The detective noticed signs of a struggle, including a pistol-whipping mark on the victim's face.
- Despite being outnumbered, he fought back against his attackers, pistol-whipping one of them.
- The robber threatened to pistol-whip the hostages if they didn't cooperate.
- She had nightmares about the robber pistol-whipping her during the terrifying ordeal.
- The sound of pistol-whipping echoed through the alleyway, signaling danger to anyone nearby.
- The criminal showed no mercy, pistol-whipping anyone who dared to defy him.
- The suspect was apprehended after being caught on camera pistol-whipping a pedestrian during a confrontation.
FAQs About the word pistol-whipping
to beat with a pistol
whacking, leathering, spanking, knocking, clobbering, clouting, raiding, cowhiding, thwacking, lacerating
No antonyms found.
The gangster resorted to pistol-whipping to intimidate his rivals.
The criminal was charged with assault after pistol-whipping the store clerk during the robbery.
He narrowly escaped serious injury when the assailant attempted pistol-whipping him.
The detective noticed signs of a struggle, including a pistol-whipping mark on the victim's face.
