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battering
CIDE DICTIONARY
battering, n.
the act or process of subjecting to strong repeated blows. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
battering
assault, attack, butchery, disorderliness, forcible seizure, killing, laying waste, looting, massacre, obstreperousness, onslaught, pillaging, rape, riot, rioting, sacking, slaughter, sowing with salt, unruliness, violationFor further exploring for "battering" in Webster Dictionary Online