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Flagellated

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Biology Having a flagellum or flagella.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. Simple past tense and past participle of flagellate.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. resembling a flagellum or flagella.

adj. having a flagellum or flagella.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. having or resembling a lash or whip (as does a flagellum)

Word Usage

"Residents of the city of Zamora, twice witnessed a spectacle in which men who had obviously been flagellated and otherwise tortured were paraded around one of the main glorietas bearing signs that they were being made an example by the La Familia who accused them of thievery and other crimes."

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

flagellate

Verb Stem

flagellate