beat off an assault

  • 1beat — verb (past beat; past participle beaten) 1》 strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or punish them.     ↘strike repeatedly so as to make a noise.     ↘flatten or shape (metal) by striking it repeatedly with a hammer …

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  • 2beat — [c]/bit / (say beet) verb (beat, beaten or beat, beating) –verb (t) 1. to strike repeatedly and usually violently. 2. to thrash, cane, or flog, as a punishment. 3. to whisk; stir, as in order to thicken or aerate: to beat cream; to beat eggwhites …

  • 3ASSAULT — ASSAULT, the infliction of any degree of violence on the body of another person, whether injury results or not. The biblical injunction, he may be given up to 40 lashes but not more (Deut. 25:3), which applies to flogging by way of punishment,… …

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  • 4Assault in the Ring — Directed by Eric Drath Produced by Eric Drath Jenna Rosher Starring Luis Resto Panama Lewis Distributed by …

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  • 5beat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. throb, stroke, accent, rhythm; pulse; route. See business, region. v. throb, pulsate; strike, batter; conquer, defeat. See regularity, impulse, superiority, agitation. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1.… …

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  • 6beat — 1. verb 1) Syn: hit, strike, batter, thump, bang, hammer, punch, knock, thrash, pound, pummel, slap, rain blows on, assault; informal wallop, belt, bash, whack, clout, clobber …

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  • 7Tribes Aerial Assault — Infobox VG title = Tribes: Aerial Assault caption = developer = Inevitable Entertainment publisher = Sierra Entertainment designer = engine = released = 2002 genre = First person shooter modes = Single player, multiplayer ratings = ESRB: Teen (T) …

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  • 8Who Wants To Beat Up A Millionaire? — Infobox VG title = Who Wants To Beat Up A Millionaire developer = Hypnotix Inc. publisher = Simon Schuster Interactive designer = engine = version = released = 2000 08 08 [IGN; [http://pc.ign.com/objects/014/014784.html IGN.com: Who Wants To Beat …

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  • 9Common assault — was an offence under the common law of England, and has been held now to be a statutory offence in England and Wales. It is committed by a person who causes another person to apprehend the immediate use of unlawful violence by the defendant. It… …

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  • 10rip someone off — tv. to assault, kill, beat, rob, rape, or cheat someone. □ They ripped me off, but they didn’t hurt me. □ Man, they ripped me off for three hundred dollars …

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