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21beat — vb 1 Beat, pound, pummel, thrash, buffet, baste, belabor are comparable when they mean to strike re peatedly. Beat, the usual and general word of this group, may imply no more than the simple action of repeated striking (as with one s hands or an …
22repel — v 1. drive back, push back, thrust back, ward off, beat back, force back; throw off, check, scotch, repulse, chase away, run off, put to flight, rout, Inf. send packing; scatter, disperse, oppose, withstand, make a stand against, Archaic. forfend …
23shame — n 1. disgrace, dishonor, reproach, degradation, illrepute, bad repute, scandal; baseness, turpitude, debasement, vitiation, ingloriousness; ignominy, infamy, odium, opprobrium, condemnation; slur, imputation, aspersion, defamation, denigration,… …
24ward — v 1.Usu. ward off repel, drive back, push back, thrust back, beat back, force back; throw off, check, scotch, repulse, chase away, run off, put to flight, rout, Inf send packing; scatter, disperse. 2. oppose, withstand, make a stand against;… …
