battering

[US]/'bætərɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the act of damaging or wearing down something.

Phrases & Collocations

battering ram

battering the opponent

Example Sentences

There's someone battering at the door.

the film took a battering from critics.

He kept battering away at the door.

Against the wrackful siege of battering days,

Against the wreckful siege of battering days,

O, how shall summers honey breath hold outAgainst the wreckful siege of battering days,When rocks impregnable are not so stout,Nor gates of steel so strong, but Time decays?

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