Beating: alternatives and connections

To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight.

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To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…

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of Fight

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Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

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A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging.

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of Flog

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The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.

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of Tan

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of Whip

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of Beat

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of Beat

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of Drub

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of Lace

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of Lick

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of Thresh

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of Trounce

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of Whack

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of Whip

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