Cryptic crossword clue
Ill-considered article about corporal punishment 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word THRASHING

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The straight part
We know that "corporal punishment" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case corporal punishment = thrashing.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does THRASHING mean?

THRASHING verb
  1. To beat mercilessly.
  2. To defeat utterly.
  3. To thresh.
  4. To move about wildly or violently; to flail; to labour.
  5. To extensively test a software system, giving a program various inputs and observing the behavior and outputs that result.
  6. In computer architecture, to cause poor performance of a virtual memory (or paging) system.
THRASHING noun
  1. Action of the verb to thrash.
  2. A beating, especially a severe one.
  3. A heavy defeat.
  4. Excessive paging within virtual storage.
  5. Slam dancing.
  6. Threshing. (of cereal crop, etc)

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