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Definition of Battering
1. Noun. The act of subjecting to strong attack.
Definition of Battering
1. Verb. (present participle of batter) ¹
2. Noun. An instance of battering. ¹
3. Noun. The activity of battering. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Battering
1. batter [v] - See also: batter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Battering
Literary usage of Battering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Military and Religious Life in the Middle Ages and the Period of the Renaissance by P. L. Jacob (1874)
"On Easter day," says the anonymous author of the chronicle of the " Albigeois," "
the bosson (the southern name of the battering-ram) was placed in position ..."
2. Batterer Intervention: Program Approaches & Criminal Justice Strategies by Christine Smith, Kerry Healey, Chris O'Sullivan (1999)
"Forty percent had previously required medical care for abuse.32 The Impact of
battering on Victims and Society The prevalence, impact, and expense of ..."
3. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1896)
"On the highest platform of the towers were ladders, which could be used if
necessary to scale the battlements. battering- In ..."
4. A Documentary History of American Industrial Society by American Bureau of Industrial Research, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Eugene Allen Gilmore, John Rogers Commons, Helen Laura Sumner (1910)
"(3) The Whig battering Ram. Working Man's Advocate, Sept. 14, 1844. It appears
by the following extract, which we make from a "campaign" paper, ..."
5. Life and Death of Mr. Badman and The Holy War by John Bunyan (1905)
"And with that the battering Ram gave the Gate another shake: this made the old
Gentleman tremble the more, yet durst he not but open the Gate: then the ..."
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