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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thrash |
| Synonyms: | beat, cane, clobber, defeat, flog, hit, lash, pound, spank, strike, tan, trounce, wallop, whip |
| Main Entry: | forge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make something from scratch |
| Synonyms: | beat, build, construct, contrive, create, devise, fabricate, fashion, form, frame, hammer out, invent, manufacture, mold, pound, put together, shape, turn out, work |
| Main Entry: | granulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crush into tiny pieces |
| Synonyms: | atomize, comminute, crumble, crystallize, disintegrate, grate, grind, make coarse, make grainy, pound, powder, pulverize, triturate |
| Main Entry: | grate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shred, grind down |
| Synonyms: | abrade, bark, bray, file, fray, gall, mince, pound, pulverize, rasp, raze, rub, scrape, scratch, scuff, skin, triturate |
| Main Entry: | grind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crush, pulverize |
| Synonyms: | abrade, atomize, attenuate, beat, bray, chop up, comminute, crumble, crumple, disintegrate, file, granulate, grate, kibble, levigate, mill, pestle, pound, powder, pulverize, rasp, reduce, roll out, scrape, shiver, triturate |
| Main Entry: | hammer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, hit |
| Synonyms: | bang, batter, bear down, clobber, defeat, drive, drub, fashion, forge, form, knock, make, pound, pummel, shape, strike, tap, thrash, trounce, wallop, whack, whomp |
| Main Entry: | hit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strike |
| Synonyms: | KO, bang, bash, bat, batter, beat, belt, blast, blitz, box*, brain*, buffet, bump, clap, clip, clobber, clout, club, crack, cudgel, cuff, dab, ding, flail, flax, flog, give a black eye, hammer*, hook, jab, kick, knock, knock around, knock out, lace, lambaste, larrup, lather, let fly, let have it, lob, nail, pellet, pelt, percuss, pop, pound, punch, rap, ride roughshod, slap, smack, sock, stone, swat, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, trash, uppercut, wallop, whack, whang |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | lambaste |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | punish, beat |
| Synonyms: | assail, attack, berate, blister, bludgeon, castigate, censure, criticize, cudgel, denounce, excoriate, flay, flog, hammer, hit, lash into, pan, pelt, pound, pummel, rake over the coals, read the riot act, rebuke, reprimand, rip into, roast, scathe, scold, scorch, scourge, shellac, slam, slap, slash, smear, smother, strike, thrash, trim, upbraid, wallop, whip |
| Antonyms: | praise, uphold |
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