What is another word for battering?

Pronunciation: [bˈatəɹɪŋ] (IPA)

The word "battering" is a term used to describe an act of hitting or striking something repeatedly and forcefully with a heavy object. Some synonyms for the word "battering" are thrashing, pummeling, belting, and slamming. Another commonly used synonym is beating, which means to hit repeatedly with a hand or a tool. The word "buffeting" can also be used to describe a forceful hitting action, especially against the wind or waves. Other synonyms include whacking, smacking, and slamming, which all convey a sense of force and impact. These synonyms are useful in describing physical altercations, as well as weather-related events such as storms and hurricanes.

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Usage examples for Battering

If this solid earth came from elements dissolved by "fluent heat," and man was the last result; then he, who is now enduring fears and sorrows and the battering "shocks of doom," typifies "this work of time" on natural objects; for he must be, as they have been, in process of being moulded for a higher state.
"A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'"
Alfred Gatty
What's the use of battering these doors down and arousing the town when you might get the keys from him, and maybe get in quietly?
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey
Barring the trees and bushes that have grown on the walls, the battering looks as if it had only been done yesterday.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch

Famous quotes with Battering

  • When a man has been consistently battering his wife, he shouldn't expect a bouquet of roses from her the morning after he promises to stop.
    Joe Slovo
  • Poor Felix Randal; How far from then forethought of, all thy more boisterous years, When thou at the random grim forge, powerful amidst peers, Didst fettle for the great grey drayhorse his bright and battering sandal!
    Gerard Manley Hopkins
  • Sharpe had seen columns before, and was puzzled by them. [...] These columns had around forty men in a rank and twenty in each file. The French used such a formation, a great battering block of men, because it was simpler to persuade conscripts to advance in such an array and because, against badly trained troops, the very sight of such a great mass of men was daunting. But against redcoats? It was suicide.
    Bernard Cornwell

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