"beat to a pulp" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: beats to a pulp [present, singular, third-person], beating to a pulp [participle, present], beat to a pulp [past], beaten to a pulp [participle, past], beat to a pulp [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|beat<,,beat,beaten> to a pulp|past_ptc2=beat to a pulp}} 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. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Violence Synonyms: pulp [verb] Translations (beat up): tot moes slaan (Dutch), kapotslaan (Dutch), piestä (Finnish), hakata tohjoksi (Finnish), passer à tabac (French), tabasser (French), casser la gueule (French), cagar a pau (Portuguese), избива́ть до полусме́рти (izbivátʹ do polusmérti) [imperfective] (Russian), изби́ть до полусме́рти (izbítʹ do polusmérti) [perfective] (Russian), caerle la del pulpo [Spain, colloquial] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-beat_to_a_pulp-en-verb-TV5PkmWV Disambiguation of Violence: 82 18 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 66 34 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 73 27 Disambiguation of 'beat up': 97 3
  2. (transitive, colloquial, loosely) To defeat severely in various, even non-contact, competitive sports. Tags: broadly, colloquial, transitive Translations (defeat severely): tuhota (Finnish), piestä (Finnish), battre à plate couture (French), mettre la pâtée (French), hacer fosfatina (Spanish), hacer papilla (Spanish), hacer puré (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-beat_to_a_pulp-en-verb-CeLgxEYr Disambiguation of 'defeat severely': 25 75

Inflected forms

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