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• n  the act of subjecting to strong attack
• v  strike against forcefully
• v  strike violently and repeatedly
• v  make a dent or impression in

• After police and FBI authorities entered suspected Welcoming Committee buildings with battering rams and guns drawn, they confiscated items purportedly used to make Molotov .
• In one three-second shot of a boxer battering the stomach of his opponent, he used Middleweights Johnny Cesario and Joey Archer.
• By Tuesday, police were ready to invade with tear gas and battering rams when Mayor Marion Barry arrived on the scene and ordered the lawmen to back off.

• banging
• buffet
• knock about
• batter
• clobber
• baste
• dinge

News & Articles

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• Harlan County Dam to receive repairs
  REPUBLICAN CITY — More than 50 years of battering by wind and water have taken their toll on the 18 huge radial gates in the Harlan County Dam spillway.
  June 13, 2013 - Kearney Hub
• OTC Students Make 5 Free Battering Rams For Tulsa Police
  Detective J.B. Bennett was searching for affordable battering rams when the school said they could make them for free.
  June 13, 2013 - News On 6 Tulsa
• Deputies use taser during arrest
  A Hernando County man is facing charges for allegedly battering two deputies.
  June 12, 2013 - FOX 5 Washington D.C.

Quotes

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• Anthony Albanese in NEWS.com.au
  I really don't support the view that somehow you use the Olympics as a battering ram against the Chinese government,Mr Albanese said to Fairfax Radio.
• Ken Auletta in International Herald Tribune
  The Post was a "battering ram against Koch's opponents," said Ken Auletta, a writer for the New Yorker who wrote a lengthy profile about Murdoch for the magazine in 1995 and another piece in July concerning his bid for the Journal. "He has...
• Audley Harrison in BBC Sport
  My critics are always going to be there and the battering I suffer out of the ring is why I live in America,said Harrison. "It's an unwarranted battering but I'm not going to cry about it. My left hand was firing on Friday and I had three...