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chastise
/ˈt͡ʃæstaɪz/
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What does chastise mean?
verb
- To punish, especially by corporal punishment.
- To castigate; to scold or censure.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈt͡ʃæstaɪz/
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Hearing of a tory camp-meeting not far distant, Marion despatched the brave captain Snipes with a party to chastise them.
Th’ impartial gods, who from the mounted heavens View us their mortal herd, behold who err And, in their time, chastise.
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If treachery can be in any case excusable, it must be only so when it is practised to chastise and betray treachery.
It was thought, likewise, that he showed some inhumanity to Carbo, seeming rather to insult over his misfortunes, than to chastise his crimes.
“I know how to chastise children, you see,” said the scoundrel, grimly, as he stooped to repossess himself of the key, which had dropped to the floor.