Editing Beat (section)

== Common uses ==
* [[Assault]], inflicting physical harm or unwanted physical contact
* [[Battery (crime)]], a criminal offense involving unlawful physical contact 
* [[Battery (tort)]], a civil wrong in common law of intentional harmful or offensive contact
* [[Corporal punishment]], punishment intended to cause physical pain 
* [[Patrol]], or beat, a group of personnel assigned to monitor a specific area
** [[Beat (police)]], the territory that a police officer patrols
** [[Gay beat]], an area frequented by gay men 
* [[Strike (attack)]], repeatedly  and violently striking a person or object
* [[Victory]], success achieved in personal combat, military operations or in any competition
*[[Beating (hunt)]], driving game out of areas of cover during a hunt