pistol-whipping Synonyms
Strongest:
- scourging
- cudgelling
- swatting
- slamming
- smashing
- flagellating
- blackjacking
- leathering
- assaulting
- chopping
- spanking
- socking
- raiding
- storming
- caning
- cowhiding
- clouting
- whacking
- hitting
- attacking
- cudgeling
- wounding
- cuffing
- slapping
- rawhiding
- swiping
- smacking
- knocking
- punching
- assailing
- boxing
- thwacking
- clobbering
- lacerating
- horsewhipping
- descending-on-or-upon-
- strapping
Strong:
- goring
- rushing
- pounding
- pummelling
- cracking
- working-over
- whamming
- battering
- jumping-on-
- lathering
- whomping
- whipping
- hiding
- clubbing
- walloping
- pasting
- besetting
- laying-on
- punching-out
- pummeling
- hammering
- pouncing-on-or-upon-
- bludgeoning
- bashing
- whupping
- thumping
- mauling
- lamming
- tanning
- thrashing
- maiming
- drubbing
- busting
- fustigating
- buffeting
- pelting
- flogging
- licking
- lashing
- belting
- mutilating
- paddling
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
scourging, cudgelling, swatting, slamming, smashing, flagellating, blackjacking, leathering, assaulting, chopping
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.
