to a pulp
idiom
—used to say that someone or something is very badly beaten, mashed, smashed, etc.
He threatened to beat them to a (bloody) pulp.
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Three men have accepted plea deals in the 2022 attack of a gambling den patron who was allegedly stripped nude and beaten to a pulp inside the illicit casino.
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Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
Naturally, chaos ensued, and then, Leo brutally beat Stephen to a pulp as Lucy looked on in horror.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Yet his impact is felt almost immediately after when Hyun-Sang beats a prisoner to a pulp with his fists, suddenly overcome with anger.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 4 July 2024
Their fearsome leader attacks Walt, who beats him to a pulp, which doesn’t help things.
—Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 7 June 2024
Place chopped orange in the bowl of a food processor; process to a pulp, about 1 minute.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
Playing a character known as Kid, who works as an underground fight-club boxer who gets paid each night to put on a rubber gorilla mask and get beaten to a pulp, Patel creates a hero who is very much not some invincible combat superstar.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Mar. 2024
Patel stars as Kid, an anonymous young man who scrapes by in an underground fight club where, donned in a monkey mask, he is beaten to a pulp by fighters for cash.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2024
Navarro responds to her death by berating a front desk staffer, provoking some local miners into beating her to a pulp, and finally breaking down in front of her casual hookup.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
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Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
Naturally, chaos ensued, and then, Leo brutally beat Stephen to a pulp as Lucy looked on in horror.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Yet his impact is felt almost immediately after when Hyun-Sang beats a prisoner to a pulp with his fists, suddenly overcome with anger.
—David Opie, IndieWire, 4 July 2024
Their fearsome leader attacks Walt, who beats him to a pulp, which doesn’t help things.
—Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 7 June 2024
Place chopped orange in the bowl of a food processor; process to a pulp, about 1 minute.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
Playing a character known as Kid, who works as an underground fight-club boxer who gets paid each night to put on a rubber gorilla mask and get beaten to a pulp, Patel creates a hero who is very much not some invincible combat superstar.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Mar. 2024
Patel stars as Kid, an anonymous young man who scrapes by in an underground fight club where, donned in a monkey mask, he is beaten to a pulp by fighters for cash.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2024
Navarro responds to her death by berating a front desk staffer, provoking some local miners into beating her to a pulp, and finally breaking down in front of her casual hookup.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
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