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Beat Lammed Guy Lam Verb Thrash Strike Finds

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lam \lam\
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verb
1. To beat; thrash.
2. To beat; strike; thrash (usually followed by out or into).

[Lam likely finds its roots in the Old Norse lemja meaning "to lame." It entered English in the late 16th century.]

Like kingpins, one steel tier lammed into another, then they all crashed to the floor with a sound as of the roof falling. - Richard Wright, Black Boy, 1945

That was just before he lammed out—the time he knocked off that crumb from uptown. I remember once when Harry cut up a guy so bad, the guy couldn't walk. - Ed McBain, Learning to Kill, 2006

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