bang away (at)

verb

Definition of bang away (at)next
as in to buffet

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bang away (at)
  1. buffet
  2. barrage
  3. plaster
  4. cannon
  5. batter
  6. sack
  7. nuke
  8. loot
Verb
  • This cable remarked how quickly Carter, as president, had become buffeted by problems that, ironically, emerged from those very forces that brought him into office.
    Russell L. Riley / Made by History, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Yasmin, the heiress of a publishing empire, stumbles at her Pierpont & Co. post, buffeted by industry sexism, a dysfunctional family, her predatory father and low expectations about her abilities.
    Carole Horst, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of buffet
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  • Patrons aspiring to ride the Hulk rollercoaster at the Universal Studios theme park in Orlando are barraged by signs warning them to place anything not attached to their bodies in a locker next to the ride.
    Christian Schneider, National Review, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Image At a media briefing on Tuesday, Jeju Air was barraged with questions about maintenance, including its practice of outsourcing maintenance to overseas specialists.
    Daisuke Wakabayashi, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of barrage
Verb
  • Stickers plastered around Siana’s drill sites — on which the company’s name is misspelled — provide phone numbers to call in case of leaks or other emergencies.
    Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Many of the companies advertising in Dodger Stadium now had signage plastered all over Angel Stadium before.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of plaster
Verb
  • The last of them came on Saturday, a storybook goal that involved slaloming between three defenders and then cannoning a fierce, rising shot past three more, as well as the goalkeeper.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The cost per shot is cheap, as the ammunition is technically just electricity generated on the spot and not a missile or even cannon round built in a factory and shipped to the battlefield.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Mar. 2020
Definition of cannon
Verb
  • Pacific Palisades is a meeting point between suburbs and wildland hillsides often battered by winds.
    Evan Bush, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The spokesperson declined to answer questions about how widespread closures were as the storm battered the Mid-Atlantic.
    Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of batter
Verb
  • Ewers was sacked and stripped by former five-star recruit and his Ohio State former roommate.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Jan. 2025
  • On Tuesday, West Ham United sacked Julen Lopetegui (formerly of Wolverhampton Wanderers) and replaced him with Graham Potter (formerly of Chelsea and Brighton).
    Phil Hay, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of sack
Verb
  • Such a move would be akin to nuking the legislative filibuster, the new Republican leader said.
    Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The Anyone but You star portrays quarterback Russ Holliday, who disguises himself as a fictional person and walks onto a struggling football team in the South after bad behavior nukes his college career.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of nuke
Verb
  • At least 20 people have been arrested on suspicion of looting during the wildfires raging in Los Angeles County, according to officials.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman warned residents of looters and vowed to punish them Wednesday amid reports of looting in the county as firefighters struggle to contain multiple wildfires raging in Southern California, including the massive Pacific Palisades fire.
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of loot
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