" bashing away "

1: to come into usually forceful contact with something;

  * e.g., " ... the car bashed into the tree with glass-shattering force "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bang,

•  bump,

•  collide,

•  crash,

•  hit,

•  impact,

•  impinge,

•  knock,

•  ram,

•  slam,

•  smash,

•  strike,

•  swipe,

•  thud

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner;

  * e.g., " ... you have to bash that door hard in order to get it open "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bang,

•  bat,

•  belt,

•  biff,

•  bludgeon,

•  bob,

•  bonk,

•  bop,

•  box,

•  bust,

•  clap,

•  clip,

•  clobber,

•  clock,

•  clout,

•  crack,

•  hammer,

•  hit,

•  knock,

•  nail,

•  paste,

•  pound,

•  punch,

•  rap,

•  slam,

•  slap,

•  slog,

•  slug,

•  smack,

•  smite,

•  sock,

•  strike,

•  swat,

•  swipe,

•  tag,

•  thump,

•  thwack,

•  wallop,

•  whack,

•  whale,

•  zap

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: to strike repeatedly;

  * e.g., " ... the angry child kept bashing her toy with a hammer until it broke "

•  Synonyms : 

•  baste,

•  bat,

•  batter,

•  beat,

•  belabor,

•  belt,

•  birch,

•  bludgeon,

•  buffet,

•  bung up,

•  club,

•  curry,

•  do,

•  drub,

•  fib,

•  flog,

•  hammer,

•  hide,

•  lace,

•  lambaste,

•  lash,

•  lather,

•  lick,

•  maul,

•  mess (up),

•  paddle,

•  pelt,

•  pommel,

•  pound,

•  pummel,

•  punch out,

•  rough (up),

•  slate,

•  slog,

•  switch,

•  tan,

•  thrash,

•  thresh,

•  thump,

•  tromp,

•  wallop,

•  whale,

•  whip,

•  whop,

•  whup,

•  work over

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to come into usually forceful contact with something;

  * e.g., " ... the car bashed into the tree with glass-shattering force "

•  Synonyms : 

•  banging,

•  bumping,

•  colliding,

•  crashing,

•  hitting,

•  impacting,

•  impinging,

•  knocking,

•  ramming,

•  slamming,

•  smashing,

•  striking,

•  swiping,

•  thudding

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner;

  * e.g., " ... you have to bash that door hard in order to get it open "

•  Synonyms : 

•  banging,

•  batting,

•  belting,

•  biffing,

•  bludgeoning,

•  bobbing,

•  bonking,

•  bopping,

•  boxing,

•  busting,

•  clapping,

•  clipping,

•  clobbering,

•  clocking,

•  clouting,

•  cracking,

•  hammering,

•  hitting,

•  knocking,

•  nailing,

•  pasting,

•  pounding,

•  punching,

•  rapping,

•  slamming,

•  slapping,

•  slogging,

•  slugging,

•  smacking,

•  smiting,

•  socking,

•  striking,

•  swatting,

•  swiping,

•  tagging,

•  thumping,

•  thwacking,

•  walloping,

•  whacking,

•  whaling,

•  zapping

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: to strike repeatedly;

  * e.g., " ... the angry child kept bashing her toy with a hammer until it broke "

•  Synonyms : 

•  basting,

•  battering,

•  batting,

•  beating,

•  belaboring,

•  belting,

•  birching,

•  bludgeoning,

•  buffeting,

•  bunging up,

•  clubbing,

•  currying,

•  doing,

•  drubbing,

•  fibbing,

•  flogging,

•  hammering,

•  hiding,

•  lacing,

•  lambasting,

•  lashing,

•  lathering,

•  licking,

•  mauling,

•  messing (up),

•  paddling,

•  pelting,

•  pommeling,

•  pounding,

•  pummeling,

•  punching out,

•  roughing (up),

•  slating,

•  slogging,

•  switching,

•  tanning,

•  thrashing,

•  threshing,

•  thumping,

•  tromping,

•  walloping,

•  whaling,

•  whipping,

•  whopping,

•  whupping,

•  working over

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)