battering — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A heavy beating.

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   Kalinin Bay is also in trouble, trading fire with Japanese destroyers and taking hits from both them and cruisers at the same time. Unlike the Gambier Bay, however, it does not appear that these ships have realized they need to switch to high explosive from armor-piercing, and, despite being riddled with shellfire, the ship stays afloat, despite this rather-unequal battering going on for another twenty to thirty minutes.

2. A large defeat.

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   That will prove a trickier test, the management having pinpointed Oleh Blokhin's side as "one of the favourites in the group", though they will confront an England team buoyed by this battering.

3. Domestic violence

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Noun

1. the act of subjecting to strong attack

   Synonyms

   banging

   Broader terms

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