banging up

verb

present participle of bang up
as in wiping out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for banging up
  1. wiping out
  2. tearing down
  3. damaging
  4. impairing
  5. hurting
  6. harming
  7. shattering
  8. spoiling
Verb
  • Shares slumped 16% for a third straight session of losses, wiping out $400 billion in market cap on Monday alone.
    — Gail Krishnan, CNBC, 23 June 2026
  • The prospect of even a mini-Dust Bowl is alarming as the original disaster during the Great Depression sent dust clouds across rural America, wiping out entire communities and triggering mass migration to other parts of the country.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 21 June 2026
Definition of wiping out
Verb
  • Mercury is a big network with an independent spirit, tearing down gatekeepers and giving a platform to the best indie shows.
    — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • That will take Major League Soccer tearing down all the walls.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
Definition of tearing down
Verb
  • The alternative, digging it up, risks damaging cultural sites.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • The effect has been especially damaging on corals, oysters, and free-swimming snails and slugs.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 July 2026
Definition of damaging
Verb
  • That match carries a 70% probability of performance-impairing heat.
    — Carlos Roa, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2026
  • The death was classified as natural, with the pathologist noting that long-term alcohol use can increase the risk of aspiration pneumonia by impairing several of the body's protective reflexes and immune functions.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
Definition of impairing
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  • There was some solid back-and-forth in the first frame, but Costa seized the momentum late in the frame, hurting Durden just before the horn.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • The idea of hurting your kids is like just the worst nightmare possible.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Definition of hurting
Verb
  • Fortunately, some companies are realizing that hoarding data is actually harming their growth.
    — Raj Ananthanpillai, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Reforming the review process is paradoxically essential to avoiding actually massively harming our environment and climate.
    — James Ferguson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026
Definition of harming
Verb
  • SoCal’s housing market growth SpaceX’s record-shattering IPO has unleashed a wave of high-end home shoppers poised to reshape Southern California’s already tight coastal housing markets.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • At the very least, the attacks have brought the war home even more poignantly for millions of Russians, shattering Putin’s narrative of the conflict as something that doesn’t affect the lives of ordinary people in his country.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Definition of shattering
Verb
  • Without spoiling too much, Rick and Morty make a cameo in the pilot in a very meta scene.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 July 2026
  • At a certain point, the admiration for Paraguay’s underdog defiance and spoiling strategy gave way to exasperation.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of spoiling
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