Synonyms of battering

battering 1 of 2

noun

as in pounding

Related Words

• pounding
• hammering
• thrashing
• bashing
• pummeling
• licking
• blow
• bludgeoning
• clobbering
• thump
• hit
• buffet
• slap
• knock
• punch
• lambasting
• encounter
• rap
• contact
• meeting
• shock
• impact
• collision
• jolt
• touch
• concussion
• wallop
• impingement
• bump
• slam
• crash
• kick
• jar
• jounce
• strike
• smash

battering

2 of 2

verb

present participle of batter

1

as in licking

to strike repeatedly

children battered the piñata until it broke open

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pounding
• licking
• lashing
• beating
• whipping
• pelting
• hiding
• knocking
• hitting
• attacking
• assaulting
• thumping
• slapping
• doing
• punching
• slamming
• smashing
• pummeling
• mauling
• batting
• hammering
• spanking
• buffeting
• bashing
• chopping
• bludgeoning
• thrashing
• walloping
• smacking
• storming
• drubbing
• paddling
• raiding
• flogging
• slogging
• belting
• slating
• lathering
• clubbing
• whacking
• boxing
• lambasting
• whopping
• switching
• tanning
• wounding
• currying
• punching out
• whaling
• working over
• whupping
• swiping
• basting
• threshing
• fibbing
• cracking
• tromping
• lacing
• belaboring
• roughing (up)
• swatting
• birching
• pommeling
• assailing
• cudgeling
• messing (up)
• rushing
• clobbering
• clouting
• thwacking
• socking
• strapping
• cuffing
• pasting
• beating up on
• besetting
• bunging up
• flagellating
• busting
• lacerating
• descending (on or upon)
• caning
• scourging
• jumping (on)
• whomping
• whamming
• laying on
• pistol-whipping
• pouncing (on or upon)
• mangling
• goring
• mutilating
• leathering
• maiming
• horsewhipping
• lamming
• blackjacking
• rawhiding
• cowhiding
• fustigating

2

as in bombing

to use bombs or artillery against

planes battered the city for weeks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bombing
• attacking
• bombarding
• shelling
• pounding
• blitzing
• ravaging
• cannonading
• assaulting
• blitzkrieging
• raking
• hitting
• strafing
• enfilading
• assailing
• devastating
• striking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of battering

Noun

To see it and to hear it, though — that’s the full wallop to the sternum, the battering ram that doesn’t simply destroy but cracks through, making way for a torrent of light and producing a thousand shimmering fragments. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 May 2026

Times have changed dramatically, and Labour’s recent battering came at the hands of the ascendant anti-immigrant Reform UK party on the right and, to a lesser-extent, the eco-populist Greens on the left. — ABC News, 16 May 2026

Verb

An epic rainstorm is battering Chicago, putting deliveries and reservations in jeopardy. — Alison Herman, Variety, 25 June 2026

Severe storms, flash flooding and extreme heat are battering parts of the Plains, Midwest and the South this weekend, threatening to disrupt World Cup fans, athletes and holiday travelers alike. — Denise Chow, NBC news, 20 June 2026