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fustigatory

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fus⋅ti⋅gate

  [fuhs-ti-geyt]
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–verb (used with object), -gat⋅ed, -gat⋅ing.
1. to cudgel; beat; punish severely.
2. to criticize harshly; castigate: a new satire that fustigates bureaucratic shilly-shallying.
Origin:
1650–60; < LL fūstīgātus, ptp. of fūstigāre to cudgel, deriv. of L fūstis cudgel; for formation, see fumigate

Related forms:
fus⋅ti⋅ga⋅tion, noun
fus⋅ti⋅ga⋅tor, noun
fus⋅ti⋅ga⋅to⋅ry  [fuhs-ti-guh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
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