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  • 'Chastise' sounds almost beneficent, but it would not make the scourging less cruel, nor its infliction less lawless.

    Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke Alexander Maclaren 1868

  • Chastise your son while there is hope,” we read later on, “and let not your soul spare for his crying” Proverbs 19:18.

    The Ten Commandments David Hazony 2010

  • Chastise me all you want Obama fans, but that's the way it is.

    Carter: Obama-Clinton ticket unlikely 2008

  • If targeted bombing really was as ineffective as Charles and yourself suggest 'twas, could either of you explain to me the relevance of Operation Chastise or the development of H2S radar?

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • Chastise me all ya want though, As a fan of the X-Men I'm tired of everything Fox has done in there interpretations of them & would like to see an actual X-Men film for once.

    X-Men: First Class Will Supersede X-Men Origins: Magneto | /Film 2009

  • Among the most popular: Chastise the vacuum in front of the dog.

    When Dogs and Robots Collide, 2008

  • Chastise them as they deserve, and prove by an example to your other allies that rebellion will be punished with death.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • “I pretend to judge the conduct of every man who interferes with my concerns, and even to chastise him, if I think he acts amiss.” — “Chastise!” cried the youth, with indignation in his looks, “sure you dare not apply that term to me?” — “You are mistaken,” said Godfrey;

    The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 2004

  • Chastise, as well as castigate, comes from the Latin castigare, which adds the force of -igare, or agere, “to drive,” to the purifying.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Chastise, as well as castigate, comes from the Latin castigare, which adds the force of -igare, or agere, “to drive,” to the purifying.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

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