battering

verbstrike and damage

Synonyms for battering

verb strike and damage

Antonyms for battering

Word Origin & History

"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.

Example Sentences for battering

I feel some one breaking my bones and battering out my brains.

Deeper in the forest the battering of the rain was mitigated.

He charged the cattle around him, driving them back like a battering ram.

Then they kept on battering at him with their fists till he fell to the floor.

His face was not much the worse for its battering on the rocks.

The tortoise of the battering ram was constructed in the same way.

So saying, he ran forward and joined those who were battering at the doors.

The Indians were battering the hatch with their musket-butts.

But in spite of the battering she had received her position had not changed.

They fought up and down the cabin, battering each other's face.

battering

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