to belabor
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7.9
- verb
- /bɪˈleɪbər/
- NSFW
- The angry mob belabored the protestor for expressing his views too loudly.
Examples
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Paradoxically, the risk of a nuclear weapon being used in desperation during a Soviet civil war is probably greater than that of the deliberate Soviet nuclear strikes NATO belabored to deter during the Cold War.
Academic text (1991) -
Though infuriated at being so belabored, Lucian was afraid of losing his own seat.
Fiction book (1995) -
The CYA post, OK, CYA post had it or hit it belabored breakups.
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Then the Emir attacked the alchemist, belaboring him, striking him brutally so that he went blind.
Fiction book (1991) -
As he steps back to the ax and tries to extract it from the hood, she suddenly rushes at him and begins belaboring him with the crutch.
Fiction book (1992) -
Most of the older equivalents I can think of used "days" rather than "day"—although "in my day," once used commonly by grandfathers to belabor their grandchildren, is an exception.
Blog text (2) -
In the film, the villain belabored the hero with blows until he fell to the ground.
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During the heated argument, she belabored her point, insisting she was right.
Synonyms
231
1.3
To hit something again and again very hard
47
3.4
To hit something hard so it makes a dull sound
33
8.8
To hit someone repeatedly with a heavy stick or club
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7.7
To hit someone or something very hard many times
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7.6
Hit someone many times until they are badly hurt or win against them very clearly
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3.2
To hit something or someone hard and repeatedly
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Morphology
Etymology
Belabor comes from the parts be- and labor, where labor means 'work'; imagine someone 'working' on another person with repeated blows, or 'working them over'. So to belabor someone in the physical sense is to hit or attack them again and again.