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as in bumped
to come into usually forceful contact with something
the car bashed into the tree with glass-shattering force
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as in smacked
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
you have to bash that door hard in order to get it open
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as in pounded
to strike repeatedly
the angry child kept bashing her toy with a hammer until it broke
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as in attacked
to criticize harshly and usually publicly
in all of talk radio no other host seems to enjoy bashing liberals as much as he does
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Recent Examples of bashed
California Republican Party Chairwoman Jessica Millan Patterson bashed Newsom and Walz in a statement about the campaign stop.
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Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
During the Freedom Rides, a travelling protest against segregated bus lines, Lewis was bashed in the head with a wooden crate, knocked briefly unconscious, and left to bleed.
—Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Both Maersk and Cosco have been bashed by the ILA for not translating their profits to better wages for longshoremen.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 30 Sep. 2024
Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
During the Freedom Rides, a travelling protest against segregated bus lines, Lewis was bashed in the head with a wooden crate, knocked briefly unconscious, and left to bleed.
—Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
Both Maersk and Cosco have been bashed by the ILA for not translating their profits to better wages for longshoremen.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 30 Sep. 2024
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Click through to see which airlines bumped the largest share of their passengers during the second quarter of the year.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Notably this bumped some brands out of the top 20, including Versace, Jil Sander, Ferragamo and Balmain.Rhonda Richford, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
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Washington got pounded by Iowa in its most recent game and managed just 18 points in a loss to Rutgers on the same field where the Bruins nearly doubled that total against the Scarlet Knights.Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
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More strikes pounded Gaza on Saturday.Adam Schreck and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
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While on the ground, Evans is shot twice more with bean bag rounds and attacked twice by a police dog as Evans screams.Christian Martinez, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Roving gangs on scooters attacked and beat Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam, the Dutch capital, overnight in an outburst of what authorities called antisemitic violence.Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Jerry, who did not survive, is one of more than 200 people killed by Hurricane Helene, which slammed into the Southeast last week.Marissa Parra, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
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Advocates for student loan borrowers slammed the decision.Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Criswell was pressed specifically on FEMA's response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which hit the Southeast back-to-back, NPR's Debbie Elliott says.Brittney Melton, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
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The semi also hit one semi-truck, which was parked along the shoulder of the highway.David Chiu, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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Viral food trends – whether it’s whipped coffee, baked feta pasta, or the infamous butter boards – can spread like wildfire, captivating millions of viewers in mere hours.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
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Top the cups with Greek yogurt or whipped coconut cream to mimic Frankeinsteins's hair.Nafeesah Allen, Parents, 30 Sep. 2024
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Despite a recent uptick, the price of oil stands well below a 2022 peak reached when the blazing-hot economic rebound from the pandemic collided with a supply shortage imposed by the Russia-Ukraine war.Max Zahn, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024
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Everest’s origin story began about 40 million to 50 million years ago, when landmasses on two slabs of Earth’s crust — the India Plate and the Eurasian Plate — collided in slow motion and crumpled the terrain, raising rocky peaks that over millions of years became the Himalayan mountain range.Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
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The family said Kyle Raleigh punched Troy Morrow and slammed him to the pavement.Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
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Days later, Ann Arbor police say someone punched a student on the porch of a home where students from a historically Jewish fraternity live.Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Bashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bashed. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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