| Main Entry: | beat up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assault |
Synonyms: |
attack, batter, do over, hammer, knock around, pulverize, thrash |
| Main Entry: | abuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | physically hurt or injure |
Synonyms: |
bang up, beat up, bung up, corrupt, cut up, damage, defile, deprave, desecrate, harm, hose, ill-treat, impair, maltreat, mar, mess up*, mishandle, mistreat, misuse, molest, oppress, persecute, pollute, rough up, roughhouse, ruin, shake up, spoil, taint, total*, victimize, violate, wax |
| Notes: | abuse carries with it some sense of harm; misuse refers to an incorrect use that may not lead to harm to misuse is to use something wrongly, to abuse is to misuse something so badly that you damage it |
Antonyms: |
cherish, defend, help, preserve, protect, respect |
| Main Entry: | bashing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abuse against a group or individual based on identity or ideological beliefs |
Synonyms: |
assault, attack, beating, beating up, bias crime, censure, charge, condemnation, criticism, denigration, harassment, hate crime, hounding, jumping, offensive, persecution, strike, torment |
| Main Entry: | best |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat; gain advantage |
Synonyms: |
KO, beat, beat up, better, blank*, blast*, bulldoze, clobber, conquer, cream*, deck, drub, exceed, excel, flax, floor*, get the better of, knock off, lambaste, let have it, lick*, master, outclass, outdo, outshine, outstrip, overcome, prevail, put away, shoot down, shut down, surpass, take care of, take down, tan*, thrash*, top, total, transcend, trash*, triumph, triumph over, trounce, wallop, waste*, wax, whip*, whomp, whop, wipe out, wipe the floor with, wipe, zap |
Antonyms: |
give up, lose, relent, surrender |
| Main Entry: | knock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push over; strike |
Synonyms: |
KO, abuse, bash, batter, beat, beat up, bob, bruise, buffet, clap, clout, cuff, damage, deck, drub, fell, flatten, floor, hit, hurt, level, maltreat, manhandle, maul, mistreat, pound, punch, rap, roughhouse, slap, smack, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, total, wallop, whack, wound |
| Main Entry: | lay up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurt, incapacitate |
Synonyms: |
beat up, confine, disable, harm, hospitalize, injure |
Antonyms: |
heal, help |
| Main Entry: | maul |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mangle, abuse |
Synonyms: |
bang, bash, batter, beat, beat up, bludgeon, break face, buffet, claw, clean, drub, flagellate, flail, handle roughly, hit, hurt, ill-treat, knock about, knock around, lacerate, lash, lean on, let have it, maltreat, molest, mug, muscle, paste, paw, pelt, pound, pummel, put in the hospital, rough up, skin, take care of, thrash, trample, wax, whip, work over |
Antonyms: |
guard, maintain, protect, take care |
| Main Entry: | punish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | penalize for wrongdoing |
Synonyms: |
abuse, attend to, batter, beat, beat up, blacklist, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, crack down on, cuff, debar, defrock, discipline, dismiss, do in, execute, exile, expel, fine, flog, give a going over, give the works, harm, hurt, immure, incarcerate, injure, knock about, lash, lecture, maltreat, misuse, oppress, paddle, rap knuckles, reprove, rough up, scourge, sentence, slap wrist, spank, switch, teach a lesson, throw the book at, train, whip |
Antonyms: |
award, exonerate, let go, praise, protect, reward |
| Main Entry: | rough up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | handle harshly |
Synonyms: |
abuse, bash, batter, beat up, hit, knock about, knock around, maltreat, manhandle, mishandle, mistreat, roughen, roughhouse, slap around, thrash |
Antonyms: |
aid, help, protect |
| Main Entry: | thrash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flail about; beat |
Synonyms: |
batter, beat up, belabor, belt, birch, buffet, bury, cane, chasten, chastise, clobber, crush, defeat, flagellate, flog, jerk, kill, lambaste*, lick, maul, murder, overwhelm, paste, pelt, pitch, pound, pummel, punish, rout, rush, scourge, seesaw, slaughter, spank, stir, strike, surge, tan, tan one's hide, thresh, toss, toss and turn, trash, trim, trounce, wallop, wax, whip, work over, writhe |
Antonyms: |
be still |