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Synonyms for battering

Grammar : Verb
Spell : bat-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæt ər

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Définition of battering

Origin :
  • "strike repeatedly, beat violently and rapidly," early 14c., from Old French batre "to beat, strike" (11c., Modern French battre "to beat, to strike"), from Latin battuere "to beat, strike," an old word in Latin, but almost certainly borrowed from Gaulish, from PIE root *bhau- "to strike" (cf. Welsh bathu "beat;" Old English beadu "battle," beatan "to beat," bytl "hammer, mallet"). Began to be widely used 1962 in reference to domestic abuse. Related: Battered; battering. Battering-ram is an ancient weapon (Latin aries), but the word attested only from 1610s.
  • verb strike and damage
Example sentences :
  • I feel some one breaking my bones and battering out my brains.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • Deeper in the forest the battering of the rain was mitigated.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
  • He charged the cattle around him, driving them back like a battering ram.
  • Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post
  • Then they kept on battering at him with their fists till he fell to the floor.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
  • His face was not much the worse for its battering on the rocks.
  • Extract from : « The Heiress of Wyvern Court » by Emilie Searchfield
  • The tortoise of the battering ram was constructed in the same way.
  • Extract from : « Ten Books on Architecture » by Vitruvius
  • So saying, he ran forward and joined those who were battering at the doors.
  • Extract from : « A Final Reckoning » by G. A. Henty
  • The Indians were battering the hatch with their musket-butts.
  • Extract from : « Fort Amity » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • But in spite of the battering she had received her position had not changed.
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
  • They fought up and down the cabin, battering each other's face.
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day

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