banged away (at)

verb

Definition of banged away (at)next
past tense of bang away (at)
as in buffeted

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  1. buffeted
  2. battered
  3. besieged
  4. bombarded
  5. plundered
  6. looted
Verb
  • His security forces sought to crush a mass protest movement demanding democratic reforms as the Arab Spring buffeted the region.
    Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2024
  • His model assumed that firebrands initially have a random motion as they are buffeted by the turbulence of the fire.
    The Physics arXiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of buffeted
Verb
  • Reports in British media suggest the area was affected by flooding at the time of the incident, as Storm Darragh battered the United Kingdom with strong winds and rain over the weekend.
    Ben Church, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • His spirit was worn down and battered but never broken.
    Kelli Bender, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of battered
Verb
  • Since then, Putin has sought instead to rally the public to the defense of a motherland besieged by the perfidious and cunning West.
    Leon Aron, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Indeed, at a time when tropical forests and grasslands are besieged by farming, mining, and other threats, birdwatching tourism offers a real incentive to keep ecosystems intact.
    Benji Jones, Vox, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of besieged
Verb
  • Entrepreneurs are bombarded with messages of relentless success, and every social media post seems to celebrate another victory.
    Mark Kane, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • In summary, the scale of the national debt to worry about, is only 30% of the size of the topline number we all get bombarded with as the agent of the next economic cataclysm.
    Clem Chambers, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of bombarded
Verb
  • Later, plundered relics like the Irish Crown Jewels and the Amber Room eluded investigators and would-be discoverers.
    Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 3 Dec. 2024
  • That killing led to riots and violence that resulted in the death of nearly 100 Christians, 300 churches being attacked or destroyed, and 6,000 Christian houses plundered.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of plundered
Verb
  • Just this week, nearly 100 United Nations aid trucks were looted.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Over two days that April, amid false rumors of Jews committing ritual murder, 49 Jews were killed, dozens were raped, hundreds were injured; synagogues, shops and property were desecrated, looted, razed.
    Marc Tracy, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of looted
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