beat
I
(defeat) verb
be superior, be supreme, be victorious over, bring to terms, checkmate, claim a victory, conquer, crush, dash, discomfit, excel, get the best of, get the better of, have the advantage, hold the advantage, lay waste, obtain a victory, outclass, outdo, outflank, outmaneuver, outplay, outpoint, outrange, outrival, overbear, overbid, overcome, overmaster, overmatch, overpower, override, overtake, overthrow, overtrump, overwhelm, predominate, preponderate, prevail over, put to rout, quell, ravage, reduce, repulse, rout, seize the advantage, subdue, subjugate, succeed in winning, superare, suppress, surmount, surpass, take precedence, thwart, trample upon, transcend, triumph over, undo, upset, vanquish, vincere, win the battle
II
(pulsate) verb
alternate, come and go, convulse, ebb and flow, falter, flicker, flitter, fluctuate, flutter, move up and down, oscillate, palpitate, pass and repass, pendulate, pound, pulse, quake, quaver, quiver, reciprocate, seesaw, shake, shiver, shuffle, strike, sway, swing, teeter, throb, thump, toss, tremble, undulate, vacillate, vibrate, wave, waver, writhe
III
(strike) verb
abuse, afflict, attack, baste, bastinado, batter, bruise, buffet, caedere, club, concuss, contund, contuse, cudgel, cuff, ferire, fight, flagellate, flail, flog, fustigate, give a blow, give a thrashing, hit, inflict, kick, knock down, lambaste, land a blow, lash, lunge at, maul, pelt, percutere, pound, pulsare, pummel, punch, punish, rap, slam, slap, slug, smack, smite, swing, thrash, thresh, trounce, truncheon, verberare, whip
associated concepts: assault, assault and battery, battery
IV
index
attack, defeat, kill (defeat), lash (strike), oscillate, outweigh, overcome (surmount), overwhelm, stress (accent), strike (assault), subdue, subjugate, surmount, surpass, territory, upset
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006