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Collocations for thrash - verb

1. hit sb many times

ADVERB

soundly
That boy deserves to be soundly thrashed!

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PREPOSITION

with
He thrashed the poor servant with his stick.

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2. move your arms and legs in an uncontrolled way

ADVERB

violently, wildly
about (esp. BrE), around
The cow fell on its side and thrashed about wildly.

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3. (esp. BrE) defeat sb easily in a game

ADVERB

comprehensively, soundly, thoroughly
The visiting side were soundly thrashed.

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Thrash is used with these nouns as the object:
tail

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