Beat and Discourage

Beat

Beat verb - To strike repeatedly.

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Discourage and beat are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Discourage" instead a verb "Beat".

Nearby Words: beaten, beating, beater, beatable

Discourage verb - To lessen the courage or confidence of.

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Beat and discourage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beat" instead a verb "Discourage".

girl	beat girl	discourage girl
people	beat people	discourage people
men	beat men	discourage men
someone	beat someone	discourage someone
Other words: anyone, player, kids, players, opponents, enemies.

Subverted by Sherlock Holmes, who is a trained boxer and martial artist, and in one story uses gentlemanly fisticuffs to beat the everloving crap out of a thug who thought he could discourage that skinny little twit with a swift (and unsporting) backhand.

Source: Good Old Fisticuffs
Since his intentions are sincere, Sakuragi's True Companions and some of Mitsui's gangster friends tell the teachers that Mitsui had always wanted to come back to the team so they beat him and the team members up to discourage him.

Source: Taking the Heat

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