as in exhausted
depleted in strength, energy, or freshness
felt beaten after three months of 90-hour workweeks
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as in pounded
to strike repeatedly
they attacked and beat him, but fortunately he'll be fine
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as in defeated
to achieve a victory over
she always beats everyone at checkers, but she's not as good at chess
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as in surpassed
to be greater, better, or stronger than
this new animated feature sure beats everything else that's ever been done in animation
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as in pulsed
to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner
the patient's heart beats roughly 60 times per minute
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as in fluttered
to move or cause to move with a striking motion
the bird's wings beat strongly as it soared in the air
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as in baffled
to prevent from achieving a goal
you beat me to it
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as in forged
to shape with a hammer
the medieval artisans who beat iron into exquisite swords
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as in burned
to shine with a bright harsh light
the tropical sun beat down on our heads without mercy
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as in drummed
to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically
beat the drum in a marching rhythm
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as in puzzled
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
it beats me how that slipup happened
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as in escaped
to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness
he spends all of his time trying to beat the system
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as in crushed
to reduce to fine particles
years of pounding had beaten the pebbles to a fine dust
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as in cheated
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
the screenwriter has filed a lawsuit, accusing the production company of beating him out of his share of the film's net profits
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Recent Examples of beaten
Kathryn Gregory,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Dec. 2025
Customarily, it is served cold in whisper-thin slices, sidled by beaten biscuits, yeast rolls, or rye bread.
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Nancy Vienneau,
Southern Living,
2 Dec. 2025
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
In the end, Uruguay was a little unlucky not to beat Saudi Arabia.
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Nick Miller,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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Adjective
Add the beaten egg, a pinch of salt and pepper, and mix thoroughly.
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Kathryn Gregory,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Dec. 2025
Customarily, it is served cold in whisper-thin slices, sidled by beaten biscuits, yeast rolls, or rye bread.
—
Nancy Vienneau,
Southern Living,
2 Dec. 2025
Verb
Burnham beat both Reform and Restore candidates to win the Makerfield by-election.
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Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
In the end, Uruguay was a little unlucky not to beat Saudi Arabia.
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Nick Miller,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beaten
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In real life, that often looks like lying down exhausted, scrolling and still being awake an hour later, glued to our screens.
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Cattle farmer Boutros Maroun said people in Ain Ebel are exhausted.
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The young activist has relentlessly pounded Espaillat as a moderate on Israel and an uninspiring fixture of the Democratic establishment.
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The grand slam could prove to be one of the Sox’s biggest clutch hits of the season after they were pounded in the first two games of the Yankees series.
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Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper each homered for the second straight game and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the New York Mets 6-2 on Sunday night.
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Atlanta defeated Indiana 108-101 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Thursday, with Reese posting 21 points and 11 rebounds and Clark scoring 26 points in the loss.
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During Thursday's World Cup match at New York-New Jersey Stadium between Ecuador and Germany, the total tournament record was surpassed at 3,587,539 fans, FIFA said.
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The tournament’s expansion from 32 to 48 teams, which added games in the group stage, is most likely one reason the record was surpassed so quickly.
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The room pulsed, and the drinks continued to flow.
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The upper floors are devoted to beauty and clinical treatments, with everything from blood oxygenation and ozone therapy, hyperbaric chambers, and pulsed electro-magnetic field therapy.
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Dozens of butterflies, likely variable checkerspots with hints of yellow and red on their wings, fluttered all around.
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Cars honked their horns and cyclists pulled over to tune in as flags fluttered in the wind, fans clambered to see the screen, and people hugged and shouted.
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His mother, Ahmani Hicks, describes him as a kid who loved sports, and she's baffled as to why her son was targeted.
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Known as the Galactic Center Excess, a spherical gamma-ray glow extending out for thousands of light-years from the core of our galaxy, this high-energy light has baffled researchers for over a decade.
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This is not so different from the Founders’ vision of democracy, in which a federal system with independent, coequal branches of government forces collisions of competing interests that can get contentious, even chaotic, before compromises are forged.
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Britain, Spain, Portugal, Latvia, Albania and the Nordic states have forged ahead with transitions to renewable energy, meanwhile.
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