Beat and Help

Opposite meaning words

Beat verb - To strike repeatedly.

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Help is an antonym for beat in topics: defeat, forge, throb, mix, injure by striking.

Nearby Words: beaten, beating, beater, beatable

Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Beat is an antonym for help.

Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

good	good beat	good help
nice	nice beat	nice help
best	best beat	best help
similar	similar beat	similar help
Other adjectives: actual, serious, huge, little, major, general, minimal, extra, last, occasional, local.

girl	beat girl	help girl
man	beat man	help man
guy	beat guy	help guy
people	beat people	help people
Other words: children, someone, time, way, mother, father, anyone, everyone, son, times, guys.

However, the very first example was a subversion, because stopping to help a little girl look for her mother would not help anyone beat the clock, but it was the right move.

Source: Series / Who Wants to Be a Superhero?
Doesn't help Apollo nearly beat being out in the USA before Phoenix Wright 3, and actually beat it by several months in Europe.

Source: Call Forward / Ace Attorney
Later on in the story, Batman asks for help from a Dr.Jonathan Crane for help with figuring out how to beat "Jack".

Source: Call Forward / The DCU

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