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WHIPLASH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object
Example:
the whip raised a red welt
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("whiplash" is a kind of...):
blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)
Synonyms:
whiplash; whiplash injury
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("whiplash" is a kind of...):
harm; hurt; injury; trauma (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)
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