bashing
[ bash-ing ]
/ ˈbæʃ ɪŋ /
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noun
the act of beating, whipping, or thrashing: a series of unsolved bashings and robberies.
a decisive defeat: We gave the visiting team a good bashing.
(used in combination)
- unprovoked physical assaults against members of a specified group: gay-bashing.
- verbal abuse, as of a group or a nation: feminist-bashing; China-bashing.
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British Dictionary definitions for bashing
-bashing
adj combining form, n combining form
informal
- indicating a malicious attack on members of a particular groupqueer-bashing; union-bashing
- indicating any of various other activitiesBible-bashing; spud-bashing; square-bashing
Derived forms of -bashing
-basher, n combining formCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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