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bashing
     1. n. An instance of bashing; a physical attack.
bash
     1. v. To strike heavily.
           He bashed himself against the door.
           The thugs kept bashing the cowering victim.
     2. v. To collide.
           Don't bash into me with that shopping trolley.
     3. v. To criticize harshly.
           He bashed my ideas.
     4. v. (UK, slang) To masturbate.
           He said that he bashes daily.
     5. n. A large party; gala event.
           They had a big bash to celebrate their tenth anniversary.
     6. n. An attack that consists of placing all one's weight into a downward attack with one's fists.
     7. v. (obsolete, transitive) To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.

Example Sentences

If that sounds like the bashing Japan used to get, that is because it is. 



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