thrash

  1. Verb.  To beat mercilessly.
  2. Verb.  To defeat utterly.
  3. Verb.  To thresh.
  4. Verb.  To move about wildly or violently; to flail.
  5. Verb.  (software) To extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior and outputs that result.
  6. Verb.  (computing) In computer architecture, to cause poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system.
  7. Noun.  A beat or blow; the sound of beating.
  8. Noun.  (music) A particularly aggressive and intense form of heavy metal music with a focus on speed, technical precision, and alternate picking.

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