bashed; bashing; bashes
2
: to attack physically or verbally
media bashing
celebrity bashing
basher noun
Examples of bash in a Sentence
Verb I bashed my arm against the door. Someone bashed him over the head with a chair. They tried to bash the door open. Noun We threw her a birthday bash. She gave me a bash on the head.
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Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026 Anderson was the Angels’ all-time leader in hits on a list that includes Mike Trout, who became the fourth player to bash four homeruns in a series against the Yankees this week. —Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026
The Editors, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2026 The members-only bash will be held at PRB’s iconic Modernist residence turned 20th-century design gallery. —Elizabeth Kiefer, Architectural Digest, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bash
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Verb
But things got wild when the robot started break dancing and bashing itself into a million robotic pieces. —Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026 Anderson was the Angels’ all-time leader in hits on a list that includes Mike Trout, who became the fourth player to bash four homeruns in a series against the Yankees this week. —Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
The birthday bash itself was on a private island right in the heart of Sydney Harbour. —The Editors, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2026 The members-only bash will be held at PRB’s iconic Modernist residence turned 20th-century design gallery. —Elizabeth Kiefer, Architectural Digest, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bash
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“Bash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/bash. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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