Synonyms

bashing

American

[bash-ing] / ˈbæʃ ɪŋ /

noun

the act of beating, whipping, or thrashing.

a series of unsolved bashings and robberies.
a decisive defeat.

We gave the visiting team a good bashing.
(used in combination)
1. unprovoked physical assaults against members of a specified group.
  
  gay-bashing.
2. verbal abuse, as of a group or a nation.
  
  feminist-bashing; China-bashing.

-bashing British

combining form

informal
1. indicating a malicious attack on members of a particular group
  
  queer-bashing
  union-bashing
2. indicating any of various other activities
  
  Bible-bashing
  spud-bashing
  square-bashing

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Other Word Forms

-basher combining form

Etymology

Origin of bashing

First recorded in 1725–35; bash + -ing ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

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When he’s not celebrating the candy, he’s often bashing its owner.

From The Wall Street Journal

Advocates gave a “know your rights” workshop and Amalfitano led a piñata bashing, what the store owner called “a communal form of catharsis,” encouraging students to let out pent-up emotions in a safe way.

From Los Angeles Times

Their favorite games had to do with blasting off and zooming and bashing.

From Literature

The Australian actor joked that his upbringing "on farms where we were bashing about in old cars" helped prepare him for the car chasing stunts.

From BBC

"We have heard a lot of European bashing in the last few days," Lagarde said at the closing session of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in the Swiss Alps.

From Barron's

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