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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

assault, attack, butchery, disorderliness, forcible seizure, killing, laying waste, looting, massacre, obstreperousness, onslaught, pillaging, rape, riot, rioting, sacking, slaughter, sowing with salt, unruliness, violation

Dictionary Results for battering:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

battering
    n 1: the act of subjecting to strong attack [syn: battering,
         banging]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Batter \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Battered
   (b[a^]t"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Battering.] [OE. bateren,
   OF. batre, F. battre, fr. LL. battere, for L. batuere to
   strike, beat; of unknown origin. Cf. Abate, Bate to
   abate.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with
      violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to
      batter a wall or rampart.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. "Each
      battered jade." --Pope.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. (Metallurgy) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to
      compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

battering \bat"ter*ing\ n.
   the act or process of subjecting to strong repeated blows.

   Syn: banging.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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