beat to a pulp

English

Verb

beat to a pulp

(transitive) To beat up (a person) more than usually severely.
- 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, →ISBN, page 251:
  Neanderthals were extremely tough—this is attested to by the thickness of their bones—and were probably capable of beating modern humans to a pulp.
(transitive, colloquial, loosely) To defeat severely in various, even non-contact, competitive sports.

Synonyms

pulp (verb)

Translations

beat up

Dutch: tot moes slaan
French: passer à tabac (fr), tabasser (fr)

Russian: избива́ть до полусме́рти impf (izbivátʹ do polusmérti), изби́ть до полусме́рти pf (izbítʹ do polusmérti)

defeat severely

French: battre à plate couture (fr), mettre la pâtée (fr)

Spanish: hacer fosfatina, hacer papilla, hacer puré

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