Beat
Beat verb - To reduce to fine particles.
Usage example: years of pounding had beaten the pebbles to a fine dust
Mill
Mill verb - To reduce to fine particles.
Usage example: a demonstration of how dried kernels of corn were milled in colonial times
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Synonyms for Mill
How words are described
| simple | simple beat | simple mill |
| actual | actual beat | actual mill |
| last | last beat | last mill |
| local | local beat | local mill |
| Other adjectives: giant. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Combat Sadomasochist: Adventurer's demon lord at first seemed like a run of the mill Blood Knight, but soon turned out to be this when he displays pleasure in getting beat up over and over again.
- Every so often, when the main members of the Rogues Gallery just can't come up with particularly good ideas for capers and run-of-the-mill street crime in Gotham City spikes upward, Batman will be called upon to beat down ordinary muggers and two-bit murderers.
Source: Revisiting the Roots
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