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to hit (someone); to strike; to beat
to make (a speech); to give (an address)
弟を撲ったら母に叱られた。
I was scolded by my mother for hitting my brother.
怒って机を撲ってしまった。
I got angry and hit the desk.
人を撲つのはよくないことだ。
Hitting people is wrong.