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bash
(băsh)v. bashed, bash·ing, bash·es
v.tr.
1. To strike with a heavy, crushing blow: The thug bashed the hood of the car with a sledgehammer.
2. To beat or assault severely: The police arrested the men who bashed an immigrant in the park.
3. Informal To criticize (another) harshly, accusatorially, and threateningly: "My point is not to bash teachers or healthcare providers" (Richard Weissbourd).
v.intr. Informal
To engage in harsh, accusatory, threatening criticism.
n.
1. Informal A heavy, crushing blow.
2. Slang A celebration; a party.
[Origin unknown.]
bash′er n.
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bash•ing
(ˈbæʃ ɪŋ)n.
1. the act of beating, whipping, or thrashing.
2. a decisive defeat.
3. (used in combination)
a. unprovoked physical assaults against members of a specified group: gay-bashing.
b. verbal abuse, as of a group or a nation: China-bashing.
[1725–1735]
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Translations
bashing
[ˈbæʃɪŋ] N → tunda f, paliza fto give sb a bashing → dar una paliza a algn
the team took a real bashing → el equipo recibió una paliza
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[ˈbæʃɪŋ] n to take a bashing → prendere una batostaunion-bashing → denigrazione f sistematica dei sindacati
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