Abuse
Abuse verb - To inflict physical or emotional harm upon.
Usage example: if you abuse your pet, he will always have an ugly disposition
Beat is a synonym for abuse in handle roughly topic. In some cases you can use "Beat" instead a verb "Abuse", when it comes to topics like hurt, torment, physically abuse.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| similar | similar abuse | similar beat |
| relentless | relentless abuse | relentless beat |
| obvious | obvious abuse | obvious beat |
| brutal | brutal abuse | brutal beat |
| Other adjectives: heavy, actual, constant, violent, severe, intense, serious, bad, horrible, daily, repeated, general, verbal, aforementioned. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The stepmother has various people come in to beat and abuse Fey, and eventually dies while trying to whip Fey herself.
Source: Wicked Stepmother -
Make her activate Hard Drive Divinity, however, and very lesbian (if not omnisexual) Iris Heart will beat and abuse you until you beg for death.
Source: Badass Gay - And if that isn't bad enough, his father took it beyond emotional abuse and beat Edward for his accomplishments until he was so emotionally damaged that he developed an OCD while trying to cope with his trauma.
Source: Jerkass Woobie / Comic Books
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Beat and Abuse. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/abuse/beat
Abuse & Beat. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/abuse/beat>.
Beat or Abuse. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/abuse/beat.
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