5
staff(noun, business, bar, stick, branch)
5
trounce(verb, break, beat, separate, defeat)
4
bash(verb, break, beat, separate, defeat)
4
baste(verb, hit, bash, whack, batter)
4
bastinado(noun, baton)
4
billy club(noun, expression, stick, bomb, bat)
4
clout(verb, break, beat, separate, defeat)
4
flail(verb, break, beat, separate, defeat)
4
hammer(verb, business, break, beat, attack)
4
horsewhip
4
pelt(verb, break, beat, attack, separate)
4
sap(noun, business, stick, bat, weapon)
4
slam(verb, beat, attack, push, criticize)
4
smack(verb, break, beat, separate, defeat)
4
spank(verb, break, beat, separate, defeat)
4
weapon(noun, thing, stick, bat, tool)
3
ax(noun, bomb, impulse, arm, armament)
3
bang(verb, break, beat, separate, defeat)
3
belabor
3
clobber(verb, beat, hit, strike, dash)
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