Beat
Beat verb - To strike repeatedly.
Yank
Yank verb - To move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion.
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Expect the captives to yank back and knock the captor down, pull them into bushes and beat them up, or spin the rope around them to reverse capture.
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You can even use the plasmid to yank a Splicer's mask off and beat them to death with it.
Source: Video Game / BioShock -
Yank the Dog's Chain: "The Gorilla Club" ends with Tori thinking she's beat the monstrous gorilla, but then gets attacked by it.
Source: Series / Victorious
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