roughing

verb

Definition of roughingnext
present participle of rough
as in chopping

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  1. chopping
  2. punching
  3. hitting
  4. bludgeoning
Verb
  • Making chemicals from trees is doable by traditional means — chopping the wood into smaller pieces and then using chemicals and enzymes to pretreat it for further processing.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Advertisement The image of Nixon strolling on the sand or Reagan chopping wood carried the symbolism that California’s political moment had arrived.
    Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of chopping
Verb
  • Facebook / East Haven Police Department A man has been arrested after allegedly punching a pregnant woman and biting a medic’s hand in a violent carjacking attempt at a Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru in Connecticut, police said.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • When the victim refused, Rodriguez began punching her.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of punching
Verb
  • Able to hide in plain sight, snipers excel at consistently hitting targets (both static and moving) at long range.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Bean and Smith were seen on video wrestling with Nichols and holding his arms, while also hitting him, but the jury was not convinced those actions amounted to civil rights violations.
    Adrian Sainz, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of hitting
Verb
  • The killer or killers then backtracked through the crime scene, bludgeoning his victims dozens of more times in the head.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Sneed admitted to robbing and bludgeoning Van Treese and was sentenced to life in prison.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of bludgeoning
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