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
  • The wharf was being buffeted by a massive winter swell pushing 15-20 foot waves across Santa Cruz Point just one mile north.
    Tom Tapp, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2024
  • 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
Definition of buffeted
Verb
  • Because even with the defense being battered Monday, Detroit’s forward group is intact.
    Max Bultman, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • And Hezbollah is battered after fighting Israel in Lebanon.
    Josh Holder, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of battered
Verb
  • The wealthiest man in the world used his social media platform X to amplify the unrest, and GOP lawmakers were besieged with phone calls to their offices telling them to oppose the plan.
    Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
  • In spring 2013, as the suffering and despair spread, al-Abbasi and her husband made a small but generous donation to a family from a city besieged by the government.
    Salma Abdelaziz, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of besieged
Verb
  • One anonymous parent told Fox News Digital about witnessing a child being bombarded with vulgar insults by pro-trans protesters after the meeting.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2024
  • The morning after Election Day, Kimmy Hull woke up to find that her inbox had been bombarded overnight.
    Odette Yousef, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of bombarded
Verb
  • All three were plundered by thieves in ancient and medieval times, so many of the items originally left are no longer there.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Along with thousands of others, these artifacts were plundered by French colonial troops in 1892.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of plundered
Verb
  • In an attempt to address past wrongs, in 2022, the Belgian parliament passed a law establishing a legal framework for the restitution and return of the property looted from the colonial-era Belgian Congo.
    Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Power plants, oil refineries, and distribution networks have been systematically destroyed or looted, or have fallen into disrepair.
    Karam Shaar, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of looted
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“Banged away (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banged%20away%20%28at%29. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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