bastonare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to beat or thrash (with a stick, etc.)
  2. (broadly, figuratively, informal, transitive) to maltreat
  3. (broadly, figuratively, transitive) to defeat badly

Hyphenated as
ba‧sto‧nà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bas.toˈna.re/
Etymology

From bastone (“stick, cane”) + -are.

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