Beating and Collapse

Beating

Beating noun - Failure to win a contest.

Usage example: took a beating and ended up in second place

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Collapse and beating are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Collapse" instead a noun "Beating".

Nearby Words: beat, beaten, beater, beatable

Collapse noun - A complete depletion of energy or strength.

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Beating and collapse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beating" instead a noun "Collapse".

physical	physical beating	physical collapse
complete	complete beating	complete collapse
utter	utter beating	utter collapse
nasty	nasty beating	nasty collapse
Other adjectives: actual, real, massive, slow, spectacular, major, final, further, inevitable, subsequent, said.

After you beat Oogie, he merges with his manor, and beating him makes him collapse to the ground, thus rendering the Trinity Lost Forever.

Source: Lost Forever / Role-Playing Game
In Casino Infernale, Eddie defeats the Dancing Fool in the fighting-pit by enduring a beating until he can predict the Fool's movements perfectly, then leaning against a wall as if he's about to collapse.

Source: Left Stuck After Attack
Now since this is the semi-finals and Jounouchi is facing off against the Big Bad of the arc, it's a Foregone Conclusion that he will lose, but the story has Jounouchi come within one move of actually beating him before collapse from physical exhaustion.

Source: Curbstomp Cushion

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