Beat
Beat verb - To achieve a victory over.
Usage example: she always beats everyone at checkers, but she's not as good at chess
Skunk
Skunk verb - To defeat by a large margin.
Usage example: we ended up skunking them, as our goalie was able to prevent the other team from scoring a single goal
Nearby Word: skunked
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Skunk One tries to beat Usopp by his gas but Usopp shoots an explosive into his jetpack and blows him out of the sky.
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The Albion Skunk of X Rebirth is kinda like the Millennium Falcon or Serenity in that it is extremely old and beat-up.
Source: Used Future - According to Brent, his homemade beer tasted liked he "beat a skunk to death with a salmon".
Source: Lethal Chef / Live-Action TV
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Skunk and Beat. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/beat/skunk
Beat & Skunk. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/beat/skunk>.
Skunk or Beat. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/beat/skunk.
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