flogging
/ˈflɒɡɪŋ/noun
उच्चारण फ़्लॉगिंग
कोड़े मारने की सज़ा
Core word
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[C/U]
the punishment of being hit many times with a whip or stick
कोड़े मारने की सज़ा
- Public flogging was banned long ago.
- The prisoners were sentenced to flogging.
- Flogging was once a common punishment in many armies.
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- Human rights groups demanded an end to public flogging.
- The story described the flogging of a runaway servant.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
flogging (uncountable and countable)
Flogging as a punishment is usually uncountable, but a single occasion can be called a flogging.
सज़ा के रूप में 'flogging' प्रायः uncountable है, पर एक घटना को 'a flogging' कहा जा सकता है।
- Flogging was once a common punishment in prisons.
- The prisoner received a public flogging.
flogging + as / for + noun
Use as for the kind of punishment and for for the offence.
सज़ा के प्रकार के लिए 'as' और अपराध के लिए 'for' का प्रयोग होता है।
- Flogging as a punishment was banned in many countries.
- He was given a flogging for stealing.
abolish / ban + flogging
Verbs of law and reform are common with flogging.
कानून और सुधार से जुड़ी क्रियाएँ इसके साथ आम हैं।
- Parliament voted to abolish flogging in the army.
flogging (informal, selling)
In British informal speech the verb flog also means to sell, so flogging can mean selling something.
अनौपचारिक ब्रिटिश भाषा में क्रिया 'flog' का अर्थ बेचना भी है, इसलिए 'flogging' बेचने के लिए भी आ सकता है।
- He is flogging his old bike online.
flogging as an offence against rights
Modern law treats flogging as cruel and degrading punishment.
आधुनिक कानून कोड़े मारने को क्रूर और अपमानजनक सज़ा मानता है।
- International law condemns flogging as cruel and degrading.
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adjective + flogging
publicbrutalseveresavageharsh
- A brutal flogging was ordered for the slaves in the story.
verb + flogging
abolishbanreceivesufferorderwitness
- The colonial court ordered a flogging for the rebels.
flogging + noun
punishmentsentencescenepostwhip
- The novel contains a painful flogging scene.
flogging + preposition
of prisonersof slavesfor theftin public
- The flogging of prisoners was criticised by reformers.
flogging + noun (history)
colonialmilitarynavaljudicial
- Naval flogging was abolished in the nineteenth century.
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- Historians write about the flogging of sailors in old ships.
इतिहासकार पुराने जहाज़ों में नाविकों को कोड़े मारने के बारे में लिखते हैं।
- Corporal punishment such as flogging is now illegal in schools.
कोड़े मारने जैसी शारीरिक सज़ा अब स्कूलों में गैरकानूनी है।
- Radhika's history book describes how flogging was used during colonial rule.
राधिका की इतिहास की किताब बताती है कि औपनिवेशिक शासन में कोड़े मारने की सज़ा का उपयोग कैसे होता था।
- Human rights groups demanded an end to public flogging.
मानवाधिकार संगठनों ने सार्वजनिक रूप से कोड़े मारने की सज़ा को समाप्त करने की माँग की।
- The man was spared a flogging because of his age.
उम्र के कारण उस व्यक्ति को कोड़े मारने की सज़ा से बख़्श दिया गया।
- The reformer wrote against the flogging of convicts.
सुधारक ने कैदियों को कोड़े मारने की प्रथा के विरुद्ध लिखा।
- In the film, the hero is saved just before his flogging begins.
फ़िल्म में नायक को कोड़े पड़ने से ठीक पहले बचा लिया जाता है।
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✗ He was flogged on the crime of theft.
✓ He was flogged for the crime of theft.
Use for, not on, to give the reason for a punishment.
सज़ा का कारण बताने के लिए 'for' आता है, 'on' नहीं।