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Belabor (Verb)

To work at or to absurd length; "belabor the obvious".

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

He continues to belabor the point that we need change, despite everyone being in agreement.
The politician's opponent accused him of trying to belabor his accomplishments during the debate to avoid discussing his weaknesses.
The comedian started to belabor a joke that had stopped being funny after the third punchline.
In the essay, the student belabored the obvious when arguing for more funding for education.
By repeatedly exposing the flaws, the reviewer felt the critique of the play began to belabor the negative aspects and ignored the positives.

Beat soundly.

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

The angry parent threaten to belabor the child for misbehaving in public.
She felt the need to physically defend herself after the mugger attempted to belabor her.
The villagers decided to belabor the thief as punishment for his crimes.
The boy knew his dad would belabor him if he found out about his involvement in the street fight.
The vengeful woman took great satisfaction in watching her ex-husband's rival belabor him in the boxing match.

Attack verbally with harsh criticism; "She was belabored by her fellow students".

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

The comedian was belabored by critics for his insensitive jokes at the awards show.
Her fellow politicians belabored her for her stance on the economy.
The crowd at the town hall meeting belabored the mayor for his decision to raise taxes.
She was belabored by her fellow students for her poor presentation skills.
The opposition party belabored the government for their handling of the crisis.