The difference between Beat up and Dilapidated
When used as adjectives, beat up means battered by time and usage, whereas dilapidated means having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect.
Beat up is also noun with the meaning: a person who, or thing that, has been beaten up.
Beat up is also verb with the meaning: to give a severe beating to.
check bellow for the other definitions of Beat up and Dilapidated
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Beat up as a verb (transitive):
To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.
Examples:
"I got beaten up by thugs on my way home."
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Beat up as a verb (obsolete):
To attack suddenly; to alarm.
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Beat up as a verb:
To cause, by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up.
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Beat up as a verb (reflexive):
To feel badly guilty and accuse oneself over something. Usually followed by over or about.
Examples:
"Don't beat yourself up over such a minor mistake."
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Beat up as a verb (military, WW2 air pilots' usage):
Repeatedly bomb a military target or targets.
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Beat up as a verb:
To get something done, derived from the idea of beating for game
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Beat up as a verb (intransitive, nautical):
To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
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Beat up as a verb (intransitive, dated):
To disturb; to pay an untimely visit to.
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Beat up as a verb (intransitive, dated):
To go diligently about in order to get helpers or participants in an enterprise.
Examples:
"to beat up for recruits, or for volunteers"
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Beat up as an adjective (slang):
Battered by time and usage; beaten up.
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Beat up as a noun:
A person who, or thing that, has been beaten up.
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Beat up as a noun (UK, military slang):
An act of beating up: A raid. A beating; a hazing.
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Beat up as a noun (UK, Australia, New Zealand):
An artificially or disingenuously manufactured alarm or outcry, especially one agitated by or through the media.
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Beat up as a noun (forestry):
A tree planted later than others in a plantation.
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Dilapidated as a verb:
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Dilapidated as an adjective:
Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect.