BASHING Definition & Meaning

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bashing

[bash-ing]

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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)
1. unprovoked physical assaults against members of a specified group.
  gay-bashing.
2. verbal abuse, as of a group or a nation.
  feminist-bashing; China-bashing.

-bashing

combining form

informal��
1. indicating a malicious attack on members of a particular group
  queer-bashing
  union-bashing
2. indicating any of various other activities
  Bible-bashing
  spud-bashing
  square-bashing

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

-basher combining form

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of bashing¹

First recorded in 1725–35; bash + -ing ¹ ( def. )

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President Donald Trump finally fired back at former White House adviser Elon Musk on Thursday, following a week of public bashing of Republican priorities from the billionaire CEO.

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The China bashing has become so prevalent that Trump has had to clarify his position.

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So I opened my laptop and started bashing out some words I hoped I might be able to deliver at the end of the programme, depending on whether or not England had won.

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A person was captured bashing a Cybertruck windshield with a rock and slashing its tires in Northern California as violent attacks on Teslas continue.

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Sharon Graham seldom pulls her punches, but apart from giving a few quotes, she has not been on picket lines, and failed to give interviews bashing the council or the government.

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