Battering — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of subjecting to strong attack

strike against forcefully

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kæstɹˈeɪt/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌɑːtʃpɹɪlˈatɪk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌɑːtʃpɹɪlˈatɪk/

3 syllables Say it as /kæstɹˈeɪt/.

Examples

Winds buffeted the tent
She clobbered the man who tried to attack her
dinge a soft hat

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

knock about dinge batter baste buffet clobber banging

Parts of Speech

noun	the act of subjecting to strong attack
verb	strike against forcefully “Winds buffeted the tent”
verb	strike violently and repeatedly “She clobbered the man who tried to attack her”
verb	make a dent or impression in “dinge a soft hat”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Misshandlung

der Akt, einem starken Angriff ausgesetzt zu sein

🇫🇷French

battre

l'acte de soumettre à une forte attaque

🇪🇸Spanish

cañoneo

el acto de someter a un fuerte ataque

🇮🇹Italian

percosse

l'atto di sottoporsi ad un forte attacco

🇳🇱Dutch

mishandeling

de handeling van het onderwerpen aan een sterke aanval

🇵🇹Portuguese

espancamento

o ato de submeter a um ataque forte

🇷🇺Russian

избиение

акт подвергнуться сильному нападению

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पिटाई

जोरदार आक्रमण के अधीन होने की क्रिया

🇧🇩Bengali

ব্যাটারিং

শক্তিশালী আক্রমণের অধীনস্থ হওয়ার কাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

அடித்தல்

வலுவான தாக்குதலுக்கு உள்ளாகும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

కొట్టడం

బలమైన దాడికి గురయ్యే చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

मारणे

जोरदार हल्ल्याच्या अधीन होण्याची क्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

મારપીટ

મજબૂત હુમલાને આધિન કરવાની ક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹೊಡೆಯುವುದು

ಬಲವಾದ ದಾಳಿಗೆ ಒಳಗಾಗುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അടിക്കുന്നു

ശക്തമായ ആക്രമണത്തിന് വിധേയമാകുന്ന പ്രവൃത്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕੁੱਟਮਾਰ

ਜ਼ੋਰਦਾਰ ਹਮਲੇ ਦੇ ਅਧੀਨ ਹੋਣ ਦਾ ਕੰਮ

🇵🇰Urdu

مارنا

مضبوط حملے کا نشانہ بنانے کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

殴打

遭受强力攻击的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

殴る

強い攻撃を受ける行為

🇰🇷Korean

폭행

강한 공격을 받는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự đánh đập

hành động chịu sự tấn công mạnh mẽ

🇹🇭Thai

การทุบตี

การกระทำที่ถูกโจมตีอย่างรุนแรง

🇮🇩Indonesian

pemukulan

tindakan menjadi sasaran serangan yang kuat

🇵🇭Filipino

pambubugbog

ang pagkilos ng pagpapailalim sa malakas na pag-atake

🇲🇾Malay

pemukul

perbuatan tertakluk kepada serangan yang kuat

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الضرب

فعل التعرض لهجوم قوي

🇮🇷Persian

کتک زدن

عمل قرار گرفتن در معرض حمله قوی

🇹🇷Turkish

dayak

güçlü saldırıya maruz kalma eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

חבטות

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