Bashing

/ˈbæʃɪŋ/ noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An instance of bashing; a physical or verbal attack.

    "I gulped a bit of tea. ‘I bet, Dad,’ I said, ‘you give those poor old 1930s of yours a bit of a bashing.’"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of bash form-of, gerund, participle, present

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abusiveaggressiveassaultbatteringbeatbeating

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"It's funny how Esperanto activists still engage in Volapük bashing even though Esperanto has leapfrogged Volapük to near-extinction over the course of a hundred years."

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