bashing

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bashing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bash \Bash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bashed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Bashing.] [Perh. of imitative origin; or cf. Dan. baske to
     strike, bask a blow, Sw. basa to beat, bas a beating.]
     To strike heavily; to beat; to crush. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
     --Hall Caine.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Bash her open with a rock.               --Kipling.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]