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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
battering \bat"ter*ing\ n. the act or process of subjecting to strong repeated blows.
Syn: banging. [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Batter \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), verb (used with an object) [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.]
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.
2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. ''Each battered jade.'' --Pope.
3. (Metallurgy) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
battering
noun: 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
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