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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After four decades of conflict, the impoverished, aid-dependent country is now buffeted by multiple crises, from natural disasters and climate change to the largest influx of returning refugees the world has seen in decades.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
But shareholders have pushed back against hefty pay packages, which come during a period of upheaval in Hollywood that has been buffeted by job losses from media consolidation and outsourcing.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 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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To celebrate, the president wants to offer free admissions that day to the country’s national parks, a self-serving gesture, no doubt, but one that is no surprise for a man who spent much of his adult life plastering his name on the sides of buildings, airplanes and casino hotels.

— Leonard Greene, Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2025
In one scene, Gracie Abrams texts Taylor a picture of the singer plastered on the side of a hotel in Indianapolis.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2025

Definition of plaster

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has sacked the country’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi, after days of widespread protests against the removal of the country’s popular defense minister.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
He was sacked in October 2011 after just eleven games in charge, with the club’s board citing poor results and a lack of improvement in performances.

— Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of sack

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During the games, there’s cuts to the wives and a large group of family in a suite partying hard while the QB is getting blitzed on the field.

— Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Homan has promised since May to blitz the sanctuary city with ICE in the near future, but has yet to follow through.

— Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 20 July 2026

Definition of blitz

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