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beat to a pulp

beat to a pulp verb: to beat up (a person) more than usually severely.

Verb

beat to a pulp (third-person singular simple present beats to a pulp, present participle beating to a pulp, simple past beat to a pulp, past participle beaten to a pulp or beat to a pulp)

  1. (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
    Synonyms:
    pulp
  2. (broadly, colloquial, transitive) To defeat severely in various, even non-contact, competitive sports.

beat to a pulp meaning in Hindi

beat to a pulp in Hindi

beat up
कचूमर निकालना kacūmar nikālnā

Synonyms of beat to a pulp

Forms of beat to a pulp

third-person singular presentbeats to a pulp
present participlebeating to a pulp
pastbeat to a pulp
past participlebeaten to a pulp
past participlebeat to a pulp

Questions about beat to a pulp

What does beat to a pulp mean?
Beat to a pulp means to beat up (a person) more than usually severely.
What is beat to a pulp in Hindi?
Beat to a pulp in Hindi is कचूमर निकालना (kacūmar nikālnā). See Beat to a pulp meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is beat to a pulp?
Beat to a pulp is a verb.
What is the past tense of beat to a pulp?
The past tense of beat to a pulp is beat to a pulp.

Words near beat to a pulp in the dictionary

  1. beat the system
  2. beat the tar out of
  3. beat the wing
  4. beat time
  5. beat to
  6. beat to a pulp
  7. beat to quarters
  8. beat to the punch
  9. beat up
  10. beat up on
  11. beat up someone's quarters

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