bashing

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bash

plural bashings

1. An instance of bashing; a physical or verbal attack.

   I gulped a bit of tea. ‘I bet, Dad,’ I said, ‘you give those poor old 1930s of yours a bit of a bashing.’

   1960 [1959], Colin MacInnes, Absolute Beginners, New York: Macmillan, page 34

   1 more example

   Jean-Claude Juncker has called for an end to “Russia-bashing” two months after scores of Moscow’s diplomats across the EU were expelled in response to the use of a nerve agent in the UK.

   2018 May 31, Daniel Boffey, quoting Jean-Claude Juncker, “Russia-bashing must stop, says Jean-Claude Juncker”, in The Guardian

   Synonyms: beating