Synonyms for bash

Grammar : Noun, verb

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Phonetic Transcription : bæʃ

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Définition of bash

Origin : "to strike violently," 1640s, perhaps of Scandinavian origin, from Old Norse *basca "to strike" (cf. Swedish basa "to baste, whip, flog, lash," Danish baske "to beat, strike, cudgel"); or the whole group might be independently derived and echoic. Figurative sense of "abuse verbally or in writing" is from 1948. Related: Bashed; bashing.

noun party
verb hit

Example sentences :

With this he stalked off, and I could not run after him to bash his head, because what he said was perfectly true.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

Our men of course used to return the compliment from the Bash Tabiya.
Extract from : « Under the Red Crescent » by Charles S. Ryan

Is it true that you French have an Indian scout here who can bash in those Minenwerfers?
Extract from : « Gladiator » by Philip Wylie

And a bash on the nob with a batton is not my idea of a spree.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, November 26, 1887 » by Various

I had to bash the lock of the door to the main tunnel with it.
Extract from : « Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane » by Dorothy Wayne

Will you sit down and tell me consecutively what it's all about before I bash you?
Extract from : « The Onslaught from Rigel » by Fletcher Pratt

You fellahs let me alone, 'r I'll bash in a couple o' heads!
Extract from : « The Million Dollar Mystery » by Harold MacGrath

I suspect your readiness to bash all and everybody is at the bottom of the whole bother.
Extract from : « A Frontier Mystery » by Bertram Mitford

"That bash in t' ribs is telling on him, Jock," she whispered.
Extract from : « The Croxley Master: A Great Tale Of The Prize Ring » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Says he to Old Scrubs, 'Sir, the men needs you to bash in their heads.'
Extract from : « The Mystery » by Stewart Edward White and Samuel Hopkins Adams

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