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present participle of brain
Synonyms of braining
as in beaning, skulling
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for braining
- caning,
- clubbing,
- cudgeling
- (or cudgelling),
- flailing,
- flogging,
- lashing,
- sapping,
- slashing,
- sledgehammering,
- sledging,
- spearing,
- stabbing,
- switching,
- thrashing,
- whipping
- bowling (down or over),
- creaming,
- decking,
- dumping
- [slang],
- felling,
- flooring,
- knocking down,
- leveling
- (or levelling)
- battering,
- beating,
- buffeting,
- bunging,
- chopping,
- cuffing,
- drubbing,
- lacing,
- lambasting,
- licking,
- mangling,
- mauling,
- pelting,
- peppering,
- pommeling
- (or pommelling),
- pummeling
- (also pummelling),
- roughing
- banging,
- bashing,
- batting,
- belting,
- biffing,
- bludgeoning,
- bobbing,
- bonking,
- bopping,
- boxing,
- busting,
- clapping,
- clipping,
- clobbering,
- clocking,
- clouting,
- cracking,
- hammering,
- hitting,
- knocking,
- nailing,
- pasting,
- pounding,
- punching,
- rapping,
- slamming,
- slapping,
- slogging,
- slugging,
- smacking,
- smiting,
- socking,
- striking,
- swatting,
- swiping,
- tagging,
- thumping,
- thwacking,
- walloping,
- whacking,
- whaling,
- zapping
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