Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with beating in American Collocation
beating
noun
countable
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˈbitɪŋ/
brutal
savage
severe
terrible
vicious
violent
Discovery often meant a brutal beating at the hands of the company guards.
receive
endure
get
receive
suffer
Peace activists suffered beatings and arrests.
give
administer
give someone
inflict
Ravi skipped school regularly, until his father found out and gave him the beating of his life for it!
The beatings were inflicted by their husbands.