Definition of "bashing"

bashing

/ˈbæʃɪŋ/

verb
1. present participle and gerund of bash
noun
plural bashings
1. An instance of bashing; a physical or verbal attack.
  Quotations
  I gulped a bit of tea. ‘I bet, Dad,’ I said, ‘you give those poor old 1930s of yours a bit of a bashing.’
  1960 , Colin MacInnes, Absolute Beginners, New York: Macmillan, page 34
  Jean-Claude Juncker has called for an end to “Russia-bashing” two months after scores of Moscow’s diplomats across the EU were expelled in response to the use of a nerve agent in the UK.
  2018 May 31, Daniel Boffey, quoting Jean-Claude Juncker, “Russia-bashing must stop, says Jean-Claude Juncker”, in The Guardian‎