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To hit; strike

Example: As soon as she heard that her father had died, she went into a rage and beat the wall with her fists until her knuckles bled.

To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.

Example: He danced hypnotically while she beat the atabaque.

To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.

To move with pulsation or throbbing.

The action by which someone or something is beaten.

Example: secret beatings of prisoners

A heavy defeat or setback.

The pulsation of the heart.