battering
18
6.5
- noun
- /ˈbætərɪŋ/
- NSFW
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embate
- A certain amount of battering was expected in antique furniture; it proved it was old.
- battering ram
Examples
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A couple of the boys got killed from the battering, a number of broken limbs, and everyone had bruises.
Fiction book (1990) -
But no man of any age, however rugged, could endure such a battering for long.
Fiction book (2002) -
One thing was certain, at any rate: no one could remain long under the battering.
Fiction book (1992) -
The force of the battering ram throws men to the ground.
Fiction book (2002) -
He'd taken a battering.
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The doors are blasted inward by squads with steel battering rams.
Fiction book (2000) -
The journalist faced a harsh battering from critics after the publication of his controversial article.
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The city is still recovering from the battering it received during the last hurricane.
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After the heated debate, the politician endured a battering from the media for his comments.
Synonyms
∞
2.8
The use of physical force that hurts people or damages things
548
3.2
Strong words that criticize someone or something
276
4.2
Hitting a person many times as punishment or violence
87
7.6
Touching another person on purpose in a harmful or offensive way, often a crime
22
3.8
Beating a person or animal with a whip as punishment
17
6.1
A crime of threatening someone and then hitting them
12
2.8
A series of hard hits against something, often loud and strong
10
4.1
Actions that hurt or try to control other people
7
4.4
A violent act of hitting a person or damaging a thing
6
6.7
A severe beating given to someone as punishment
4
8.6
A violent attack where a person is hit many times
4
6.9
To punish someone by hitting them with a stick
1
7.0
Strong repeated hitting that makes things move, often by wind or waves
1
1.0
An act of striking something with force, often with a hand or object
1
4.4
An act of hitting one thing against another, often with force
1
4.8
Hitting someone or something very hard, often with a fist
1
4.6
A quick hard hit with an open hand that makes a sharp sound
1
8.6
A severe beating given as punishment
A group attack that hurts someone, often very violent
Antonyms
Compounds
5
6.0
A heavy tool used to break open doors, or a person who gets past problems with force
How Violent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word battering comes from an old verb batter that meant 'to beat', the same idea as the simple word beat. So battering now means being hit again and again or being strongly attacked, which fits storms hitting a coast, walls struck by cannons, or a person who faces harsh media criticism.