bashing
noun
- to hit, with words or a bat (etc)
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈbæʃɪŋ/
noun
- 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
- present participle and gerund of bash