flageller
Meanings
Verb
1. to beat severely, with a scourge or a whip (transitive)
2. to whip oneself as mortification (reflexive)
3. to abuse verbally, give a tongue-lashing (transitive)
Examples4
Cessez de vous flageller.
Stop this self-flagellation.
Se flageller est inutile.
Self-flagellation is pointless.
On avait coutume de flageller les esclaves.
People used to flog slaves.
Le capitaine fit flageller les malheureux mutins.
The captain had the unsuccessful mutineers flogged.