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battering
UK /ˈbæ.təˌɹɪŋ(ɡ)/ US /ˈbæ.tɚˌɪŋ/
noun 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
global, used
VERB + BATTERING
buoyed, police, waves
BATTERING + NOUN
door, economy, eyelashes, morocco's, outposts, ram
PREP.
in, with
Definitions
noun
1
A heavy beating.
Kalinin Bay is also in trouble, trading fire with Japanese destroyers and taking hits from both them and cruisers at the same time. Unlike the Gambier Bay, however, it does not appear that these ships have realized they need to switch to high explosive from armor-piercing, and, despite being riddled with shellfire, the ship stays afloat, despite this rather-unequal battering going on for another twenty to thirty minutes.
2
A large defeat.
That will prove a trickier test, the management having pinpointed Oleh Blokhin's side as "one of the favourites in the group", though they will confront an England team buoyed by this battering.
3
Domestic violence
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Synonyms
noun — the act of subjecting to strong attack
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Kalinin Bay is also in trouble, trading fire with Japanese destroyers and taking hits from both them and cruisers at the same time. Unlike the Gambier Bay, however, it does not appear that these ships
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That will prove a trickier test, the management having pinpointed Oleh Blokhin's side as "one of the favourites in the group", though they will confront an England team buoyed by this battering.
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Someone is battering at the door.
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Waves were battering the shore.
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The police used a battering ram to break down the door.
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The SWAT team broke down the front door with a battering ram.
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