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Synonyms
bash (băsh)

[Origin unknown.]

verb: bashed, bash·ing, bash·es. 

transitive verb 

  1. To strike with a heavy, crushing blow: The thug bashed the hood of the car with a sledgehammer.
  2. To beat or assault severely: The police arrested the men who bashed an immigrant in the park.
  3. Informal To criticize (another) harshly, accusatorially, and threateningly: “He bashed the . . . government unmercifully over the . . . spy affair” (Lally Weymouth)

intransitive verb 

Informal
To engage in harsh, accusatory, threatening criticism.

noun 

  1. Informal A heavy, crushing blow.
  2. Slang A celebration; a party.

derivatives

bash́er
noun