Beating and Sweep

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Beating

Beating noun - Failure to win a contest.
Usage example: took a beating and ended up in second place
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Sweep is an antonym for beating.
Nearby Words: beat, beaten, beater, beatable

Sweep

Sweep noun - An area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends.
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Beating is an antonym for sweep.
Nearby Words: sweeping, sweeper
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good good beating good sweep
long long beating long sweep
solid solid beating solid sweep
brutal brutal beating brutal sweep
Other adjectives: thorough, huge, slow.
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