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battering [ˈbætərɪŋ, Am ˈbæt̬-] N

1. battering (attack):

battering
bicie nt
battering
to give sb a battering
bić [perf po-] kogoś

2. battering inf (defeat):

battering
to take a battering

battering ram N

battering ram
taran m

batter1 [ˈbætəʳ, Am ˈbæt̬ɚ] N no pl FOOD

I . batter2 [ˈbætəʳ, Am ˈbæt̬ɚ] N SPORTS

II . batter2 [ˈbætəʳ, Am ˈbæt̬ɚ] VB trans

III . batter2 [ˈbætəʳ, Am ˈbæt̬ɚ] VB intr

Usage examples with battering

battering ram
to take a battering
to give sb a battering

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Beyond the gate there is a vestibule with a curving stairway to make it difficult to use a battering ram.
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Then battering rams were employed against the gates.
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It has no armament itself but is used as a battering ram during siege warfare.
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Such fault-based cases included chronic alcoholism, battering or contraction of a venereal disease.
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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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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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He is also armored in an osmium alloy, making him durable enough to act as a human battering ram.
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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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These culminated in the construction of a largely symbolic, car-mounted battering ram.
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