beaten to a pulp
Battered beyond recognition
Beaten to a pulp describes being hit or struck so severely that the body becomes soft and shapeless like pulp—the wet, formless mass left after crushing fruit or wood.
The phrase usually refers to physical violence: He was beaten to a pulp in the alley.
It extends to decisive defeats in competition or argument: Their team got beaten to a pulp.
- wallopedStruck very hard
- bruisedInjured beneath skin
- roughed upInjured through aggression
- worked overViolently beaten
- shatteredBroken into fragments
reduced to rubble · pulverized · pummeled · clobbered · battered · devastated · mincemeat · left for dead · obliterated · mangled · tenderized · crushed · fragmented · crumbled · torn apart · ruined · smashed · incapacitated
beaten to a pulpunscathed
Suffering no injury
intact · untouched · unharmed · in one piece · pristine
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