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battering [ˈbætərɪŋ, Am ˈbæt̬-] N

battering ram [ˈbætəriŋræm, Am ˈbæt̬-] N HISTORY, MIL

I . batter [ˈbætəɐ, Am ˈbæt̬ɚ] N

2. batter Am sports:

II . batter [ˈbætəɐ, Am ˈbæt̬ɚ] VB trans

1. batter (assault):

3. batter gastr:

See also batsman

batsman <-men> [ˈbætsmən] N

Usage examples with battering

to give sb a battering

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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He had several of the slower galleys, and a few barges, refit with battering rams.
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Online matches are affected through objective-based gameplay, such as breaching a castle gate with a battering ram or looting a foe's camp.
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Students had to run helter-skelter for their lives as the heavily built men went berserk battering anyone on sight.
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After the battering ram plot is foiled, a prolonged siege ensues.
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Using the moon buggy as a battering ram, he drives into the door repeatedly and breaks the weld.
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The whole police force was soon mustered, and by the aid of a battering ram the door was forced open.
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Horses were trained to ignore sudden shocks, and to press forward in the charge, veering off at the last second to allow the rider to kick with his battering-ram-like stirrups.
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He is also armored in an osmium alloy, making him durable enough to act as a human battering ram.
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This originates presumably in the practice of carving some such motif on the head of the log used as a battering ram.
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Both ships had also suffered damage due to cold weather and battering by ice floes.
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