battering
noun[ C or U ]
mainly UKuk /ˈbæt.ər.ɪŋ/ us /ˈbæt̬.ɚ.ɪŋ/(US usuallybeating)
an act of hitting someone: 连续的猛击
baby/wife battering殴打婴儿／妻子
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Hitting and beating
at-risk
bang away
bang someone up
basher
bashing
bunch
butt
fetch
gut punch
hammer
head-butt
hell
kick
mess
swing for someone
tan someone's hideidiom
tar
tonk
wallop
whop
Idiom
take a battering
battering | American Dictionary
battering
noun[ C/U ]
us/ˈbæt̬·ər·ɪŋ/
damage caused by an action or event:
[ C ]Florida is starting to recover from the battering it endured in recent hurricanes.
[ Cusually sing ]Stock markets have taken a battering in the past week.
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