beat to a pulp en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(transitive) To beat up (a person) more than usually severely.
Neanderthals were extremely tough—this is attested to by the thickness of their bones—and were probably capable of beating modern humans to a pulp.
2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, →ISBN, page 251:
- (broadly, colloquial, transitive) To defeat severely in various, even non-contact, competitive sports.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| beaten to a pulp | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| beat to a pulp | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| beat to a pulp | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| beats to a pulp | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| beating to a pulp | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (26)
nl tot moes slaan (beat up) · pt cagar no pau (beat up) · pl zmiażdżyć (defeat severely) · pl zgniatać (defeat severely) · fr passer à tabac (beat up) · fi tuhota (defeat severely) · es hacer fosfatina (defeat severely) · fr casser la gueule (beat up) · fi hakata tohjoksi (beat up) · fi piestä (beat up) · ru избива́ть до полусме́рти (beat up) · pl zgnieść (defeat severely) · nl kapotslaan (beat up) · pl miażdżyć (defeat severely) · es hacer puré (defeat severely) · pl roznosić (defeat severely) · fr tabasser (beat up) · fr mettre la pâtée (defeat severely) · pl stłuc na kwaśne jabłko (beat up) · fi piestä (defeat severely) · es caerle la del pulpo (beat up) · hi कचूमर निकालना (beat up) · fr battre à plate couture (defeat severely) · ru изби́ть до полусме́рти (beat up) · pl roznieść (defeat severely) · es hacer papilla (defeat severely)