beat down
Relentless overhead glare
Beat down has two clusters of meaning.
The literal sense is to strike repeatedly until subdued or flattened: The sun beat down on us all afternoon, They beat down the door.
To beat someone down in negotiation is to force them to accept a lower price: I beat him down to fifty dollars.
As a noun, a beatdown is a severe physical assault or crushing defeat: They gave him a beatdown in the parking lot.
Control through superior strength
- subdueBring under control
- crushCompress with force
- overwhelmDefeat by excess
- vanquishDefeat thoroughly in conflict
defeat · conquer · clobber · thrash · pummel · batter · pound · hammer
Discuss to reach agreement
- bargainFavorable purchase price
- lowballDeliberately understate cost
- discountReduced price offered
- reduceMake smaller in degree
slash · undercut · cheapen · markdown · persuade · haggle · barter · wrangle
Forcibly end unrest
- stifleSuppress or restrain
- repressHold back forcibly
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- squashFlatten by pressure
crush · quash · smother · dampen · subdue · oppress · discourage · demoralize
Extremely hot, burning
- swelteringExtremely hot, uncomfortably so
- blisteringExtremely intense or severe
- searingBrowning with intense heat
- blazingBurning very brightly
broiling · baking · sizzling · roasting · glaring · oppressive · sultry · stifling
dominate
Control through superior strength
vanquish · defeat · conquer · clobber · thrash · pummel · batter · pound · hammer · wallop
negotiate
Discuss to reach agreement
reduce · slash · undercut · cheapen · markdown · persuade · haggle · barter · wrangle · whittle
quell
Forcibly end unrest
squash · crush · quash · smother · dampen · subdue · oppress · discourage · demoralize · weaken
scorching
Extremely hot, burning
- swelteringExtremely hot, uncomfortably so
- blisteringExtremely intense or severe
- searingBrowning with intense heat
blazing · broiling · baking · sizzling · roasting · glaring · oppressive · sultry · stifling · relentless
- bring downtopple, fell, overthrow, dethrone, oust
- retro slanggroovy, far out, the bee's knees, neato, cool cat
- Punk Genrespunk rock, hardcore punk, pop punk, ska punk, crust punk