severe beating

Frequency: 7.211.5 per million words

describes a very serious beating

beatingADJECTIVE + beating

Categories:

severe

Examples (10)

  • The victim was hospitalized after receiving a severe beating from the gang.
  • He confessed to the crime only after a severe beating by the corrupt officers.
  • The main character in the novel suffers a severe beating but eventually recovers.
  • Police are investigating the severe beating of a man found unconscious in the park.
  • The doctor's report confirmed that the child's injuries were the result of a severe beating.
  • Memories of that severe beating haunted him for the rest of his life.
  • Anyone caught stealing would be given a severe beating as a warning to others.
  • The evidence showed that the prisoner had been subjected to a severe beating while in custody.
  • He was lucky to have survived such a severe beating.
  • The gang administered a severe beating to the rival member.