(especially in the armed forces) the process of subjecting a new recruit to harsh treatment in order to instil discipline.
〈英，非正式〉（尤指在武装部队中为给新兵灌输严格的纪律而实施的）魔鬼训练
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A few months of intensive beasting from Marty has changed all of that, though.
They trained hard but their week was more about bonding than beasting.
Before he died in hospital, one of the officers who oversaw it was boasting to colleagues in the mess that it was the "best beasting of his life".
He collapsed from overheating in an alleged episode of what is known in Army slang as "beasting" - pushing someone to their physical and emotional limits.
A junior soldier died of heatstroke after being subjected to an informal Army punishment known as a "beasting", a jury has heard.
But he insisted the beasting remained the "substantial" cause of death.
It's reported that the Army has an average recruit wastage rate of 50 per cent; because trainees can't take the "beasting" they get from their instructors.
Dennis said the beasting was carried out by regimental police as an "informal summary punishment" intended to "humiliate, push to the limit and hurt".
Later, before Williams died, Edwards boasted that he had given the "best beasting".