battering

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun battering has 1 sense

battering(n = noun.act) banging - the act of subjecting to strong attack;

is a kind of combat, fight, fighting, scrap

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CIDE DICTIONARY

battering, n.

the act or process of subjecting to strong repeated blows. [WordNet 1.5]

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THESAURUS

battering

assault, attack, butchery, disorderliness, forcible seizure, killing, laying waste, looting, massacre, obstreperousness, onslaught, pillaging, rape, riot, rioting, sacking, slaughter, sowing with salt, unruliness, violation