Beat and Punish

Beat

Beat verb - To strike repeatedly.

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Punish and beat are semantically related in injure by striking topic. In some cases you can use "Punish" instead a verb "Beat".

Nearby Words: beaten, beating, beater, beatable

Punish

Punish verb - To inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime.

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Beat and punish are semantically related in discipline topic. Sometimes you can use "Beat" instead a verb "Punish", if it concerns topics such as penalize for wrongdoing.

Nearby Words: punishment, punishing, punitive, punishable

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man	beat man	punish man
guy	beat guy	punish guy
people	beat people	punish people
wife	beat wife	punish wife
Other words: children, someone, way, villain, mother, hell, anyone, opponent, player, enemy, everyone, son, players, enemies.

Both words in one sentence

Items used to beat/punish Isaac increasing his speed.

Source: Video Game / The Binding of Isaac
Dream doesn't have a heroic spaz attack, he doesn't beat up Dee, he doesn't even punish him.

Source: Moral Event Horizon / Comic Books
The first sign of the Flanderization occurs when they beat him mercilessly at the end of "Jared Has Aides." Afterwards, they seem to punish Butters for merely existing.

Source: Flanderization / Western Animation

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