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bashing

noun

  1. to hit, with words or a bat (etc)
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbæʃɪŋ/

noun

  1. An instance of bashing; a physical or verbal attack.

    I gulped a bit of tea. ‘I bet, Dad,’ I said, ‘you give those poor old 1930s of yours a bit of a bashing.’

    Jean-Claude Juncker has called for an end to “Russia-bashing” two months after scores of Moscow’s diplomats across the EU were expelled in response to the use of a nerve agent in the UK.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of bash