Battering

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Batter \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Battered}
     (b[a^]t"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Battering}.] [OE. bateren,
     OF. batre, F. battre, fr. LL. battere, for L. batuere to
     strike, beat; of unknown origin. Cf. {Abate}, {Bate} to
     abate.]
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     1. To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with
        violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to
        batter a wall or rampart.
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     2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. "Each
        battered jade." --Pope.
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     3. (Metallurgy) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to
        compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  battering \bat"ter*ing\ n.
     the act or process of subjecting to strong repeated blows.
  
     Syn: banging.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  battering
       n : the act of subjecting to strong attack [syn: {banging}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "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