BANG AWAY (AT) Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

bang away (at)

verb

Definition of bang away (at)

as in to buffet

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And the need for governments to respond to the record heat waves buffeting the continent appears likely to reinforce that shift.

— Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Aug. 2026
Growing worries over whether Big Tech’s massive investments in artificial-intelligence technology will translate into profits and whether chipmaker stocks have soared too high in the euphoria around AI have also buffeted share prices.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of buffet

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April is financial literacy month, which means consumers will be barraged with articles and programs designed to promote personal finance education.

— Leah Locke, Boston Herald, 20 Apr. 2026
Each character has totally justified and totally unjustified reasons for resenting one another, and the sensation of absorbing those contrasting opinions is like being in a stuck bumper car, barraged and battered from all sides.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026

Definition of barrage

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Both came alive right along the Gulf Coast and were battered by wind shear every step of the way, which prevented them from strengthening significantly and limited their impacts overall.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Irving’s lighthouse, built for the 1893 World’s Fair, was salt crusted, wind battered, and timeworn, at once a shithole and a feat of civil engineering.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of batter

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After the third consecutive three-and-out ended with Young getting sacked, former Panther QB Jake Delhomme spoke for a lot of fans on the TV broadcast.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 16 Aug. 2026
Cofnas was sacked by Cambridge in the wake of controversy caused by his comments.

— Rupert Neate, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of sack

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The attack came a day after Ukrainian anti-ship missiles and drones blitzed a major Russian naval base on the Black Sea coast.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
After the Patriots ended the regular season with the sixth-fewest pressures, New England DC Zak Kuhr blitzed on a staggering 48 percent of dropbacks in the postseason.

— Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of blitz

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The commitment of Sales to Indiana just nuked an entire lifetime of narratives and checked off the one thing that was surprisingly missing from Cignetti's resume.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Korea’s unfunny dictator responded by nuking the studio’s tech apparatus, thus disclosing its financial secrets.

— Peter Bart, Deadline, 30 July 2026

Definition of nuke

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