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as in lashing
to strike repeatedly
children battered the piñata until it broke open
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as in bombing
to use bombs or artillery against
planes battered the city for weeks
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as in pounding
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Recent Examples of battering
Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 14 May 2025
Without this buffer, waves would crash harder against the shore, stripping away sand and battering cliffs.
—Avery Schuyler Nunn, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
In recent months, Israel has brightened a grim geopolitical landscape by battering Iran and its proxies.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Verb
The whole film industry has taken such a battering and there are so many factors that have contributed to that – Covid, the strikes and the way people consume content have all had a lasting effect on the market.
—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 14 May 2025
Without this buffer, waves would crash harder against the shore, stripping away sand and battering cliffs.
—Avery Schuyler Nunn, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
In 2011, Gibson pleaded no contest in Los Angeles Superior Court to a misdemeanor charge of battering a former girlfriend.
—Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
In recent months, Israel has brightened a grim geopolitical landscape by battering Iran and its proxies.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battering
Verb
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And the thump, thump, thumping of her brother’s hands pounding a heavy bag.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
30 Aug. 2025
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These unofficial remixes, uploaded from unremarkable accounts, create a kind of Satie-esque audio overdose, pounding the band’s melody into abstraction, pure stimulus.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In this season of Platonic, Luke Macfarlane's character Charlie has a mental breakdown after bombing his dream opportunity to compete on Jeopardy!—
Dory Jackson,
People.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Trump talks God in his speech on bombing Iran.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The company destroyed a piece of lashing wire that investigators believe slapped an Xcel electrical conductor and caused arcing that led to the fire, said Matthew Delinko with Bauman, Lowe, Witt & Maxwell, a law firm representing insurance companies.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
21 Aug. 2025
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By Wednesday, videos of waves lashing the homes began to make the rounds on social media.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
Verb
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At least four young men are seen attacking the boy at various points.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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When combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors – the breakthrough immunotherapy that prevents the immune system from attacking healthy cells – the T cells' tumor-fighting capacity was further enhanced.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Exactly what was needed for a thrashing of Girona.—
Sam Leveridge,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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The band Welles scored a gig at Bonnaroo in 2017, released a few EPs and a full album in 2018, and toured a bunch, but the world wasn’t especially interested in grunge-metal thrashings.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Excluding the pandemic, that’s the slowest average monthly gain for that January to August time frame since 2010, when the United States was still licking its wounds from the Great Recession.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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Today, Alabama is licking its wounds.—
Don Yaeger,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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For a stretch, Browns head trainer Joe Sheehan wasn’t working out with them, so Vrabel started bombarding him with playful texts and selfies with the staff, enough to shame Sheehan into eventually joining them.—
Dianna Russini,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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Al Sharif, whose X account showed more than 500,000 followers, posted on the platform minutes before his death that Israel had been intensely bombarding Gaza City for more than two hours.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The Jays spent much of their 2025 rise beating up on the Yankees, and three September games at Yankee Stadium presented a chance for one last jab.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Needless to say, beating the Jets was a good feeling for the 41-year-old signal caller.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Battering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battering. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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