Bashing
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- When your sport involves a lot of ramming, bashing, punching, or sudden starts and stops, all that violent pounding on your head can start to take a toll on the number of healthy neurons in there.
Source: Dumb Jock -
Which, naturally, does include biting... and clawing (very effective in the case of a wighted bear), punching, bashing, bludgeoning and so on.
Source: Our Zombies Are Different -
Would Hit a Girl: Both Jason and Hercules have no qualms about punching, stabbing, or bashing a woman on the head with Frying Pan of Doom when they go up against a cult of evil priestesses.
Source: Series / Atlantis
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