If someone is beaten to a pulp, they are hit repeatedly until they are very badly injured. I tried to talk myself out of a fight and got beaten to a pulp instead by three other boys.

What does it mean beaten to a pulp?

—used to say that someone or something is very badly beaten, mashed, smashed, etc. He threatened to beat them to a (bloody) pulp.

What does beating someone mean?

: the act of repeatedly hitting someone to cause pain or injury : the act of beating someone.