bang away (at)

verb

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

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  1. buffet
  2. barrage
  3. plaster
  4. cannon
  5. batter
  6. sack
  7. nuke
  8. loot
Verb
  • King was last heard from on September 17, which is when Eagle Peak was buffeted by snow and wind.
    Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Bonds suffered one of their all-time worst years, buffeted by a one-two punch of spiraling inflation and rising interest rates.
    Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of buffet
Verb
  • Americans are also barraged with a one-sided view about the benefits of drugs.
    David Marks, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The Germans launched attacks on Bath, York and Exeter in April 1942; a smaller-scale aerial campaign known as the Baby Blitz barraged Britain between January and May 1944.
    Gregory Wakeman, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of barrage
Verb
  • Billboards and buildings are plastered in Chinese characters, and the city has a string of Chinese-run casinos.
    Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 4 Dec. 2024
  • For young fans, the name Bob Love may not be plastered on the back of your jerseys, but the forward dominated the Chicago Stadium court in the 1970s.
    Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 19 Nov. 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
  • As California politicos look ahead to 2025, the biggest question looming is whether Vice President Kamala Harris — a native daughter, battered just weeks ago by presidential election defeat — will enter the 2026 California governor’s race.
    Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The Islamic Republic may have emerged from that conflict battered and impoverished, but the fighting helped the clerical regime consolidate its grip on power.
    Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of batter
Verb
  • In March, the FBI raided the facility, leading the agency to sack its current warden after less than three months on the job.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Williams drove the Bears into Lions territory in a bid to set up a field goal which would’ve sent the game to overtime, but the 2024 No. 1 overall pick was sacked on second-and-20 from the 35-yard line.
    Ben Morse, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of sack
Verb
  • South Koreans, who would bear the brunt of U.S. retaliation, were skittish about a military option even when Kim was threatening to nuke them over the deployment of the missile defense system known as Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD.
    Daniel R. Russel, Foreign Affairs, 12 June 2018
  • The big picture: Manchin served as a serious check on President Biden's congressional plans — blocking efforts to nuke the filibuster and forcing a spending limit on the Build Back Better plan.
    Justin Green, Axios, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of nuke
Verb
  • Following an exchange of fire with U.N. peacekeepers defending the position, the base was partially looted.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • City leaders, including the mayor, sheriff, and a Christian minister, intervened to prevent arson and murders, but white gangs looted Chinatown.
    Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of loot
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