Beat
Beat verb - To strike repeatedly.
Expend
Expend verb - To hand over or use up in payment.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Hopefully the player will be given some hint that this is the goal (perhaps via advice from a Spirit Advisor), so that they don't have to expend their entire stock of healing magic/items trying to beat an impossible enemy.
Source: Sheathe Your Sword
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Expend and Beat. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/beat/expend
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Expend or Beat. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/beat/expend.
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