beat-up

noun

Meaning

An artificially or disingenuously manufactured outcry, usually in the media.
(chiefly of an object) Worn out by overuse; in a state of disrepair

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Related words

battered(English)damaged(English)beaten-up(English)done up(English)worn(English)worn out(English)worn-out(English)beat(English)

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