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