to treat someone so badly for such a long time that they are no longer able to fight back:

to prevent someone or something from doing something:

to make it impossible for someone or something to succeed because of great numbers or strength:

to send someone away somewhere:

to look for someone or something, especially for a long time until you find him, her, or it:

to teach something to someone by frequent repeating:

to make something stronger, more extreme, or more exciting:

If something or somewhere is peopled by/with a particular type of person, it is filled with them:

If you whip someone into a particular state, you quickly and effectively cause them to be in that state:

to cut a very thin piece from an object or surface:

to prevent something or someone from entering a place:

to arrive or appear somewhere, usually unexpectedly or in a way that was not planned:

to not be loyal to someone, especially by giving away secret information about them, or to fail to do something that you said you would do:

to think that you are very important in a way that annoys other people:

because you are worried that a particular thing might happen:

to become bored with someone or something, or to stop enjoying an activity:

to feel very strongly that you want and need a particular thing:

to give someone the responsibility for dealing with something:

to criticize someone:

to criticize a person repeatedly: