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  Words related to beating

Related / Similar Words: thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking, whipping, pulsating, pulsing

 

Definition:
  • the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows;
  • the act of overcoming or outdoing;
  • expanding and contracting rhythmically as to the beating of the heart; "felt the pulsating artery"; "oh my beating heart";

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    Hyponyms: whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation

     

    Derivational Morphology: whack, wham, whop, wallop, flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce, thrash, thresh, lam, flail, beat, beat up, work over, beat out, crush, shell, vanquish

     
     
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