Lash I Hit Lashed Meaning Verbally Physically Attack

Meaning: to verbally or physically attack someone or something

• lash out An angry politician lashed out in parliament today and tried to hit one of his colleagues.
  
  
• lash out I told my wife I thought her new hairstyle wasn't as nice as her old one, and she lashed out and said I was ignorant and didn't know anything about style or fashion.