battering

battering
['bætərɪŋ]
nome
1) (from person) (il) picchiare, (il) malmenare
2)

to take o get a battering — (from bombs, storm, waves) essere devastato o distrutto (from da); (from opponents) sport uscire malconcio; (from critics) essere stroncato (by da); (emotionally) essere distrutto

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battering /ˈbætərɪŋ/
n. [u]
1 il battere; il picchiare colpi (alla porta, ecc.)
2 (mil.) il battere in breccia; cannoneggiamento
3 (anche leg.) violenza, violenze fisiche (spec. a coniuge, partner o bambino); maltrattamento, maltrattamenti: baby battering, maltrattamento di bambini; wife battering, violenza domestica
4 attacco violento; critica severa; stroncatura
5 sconfitta; batosta; bastonata
6 forte perdita; tracollo
● (stor. mil.) battering ram, ariete (per assedio) □ to take a battering, essere maltrattato; essere strapazzato (dalla critica, ecc.); essere stroncato; subire una batosta; prenderle sode; (di valuta, azioni, ecc.) subire una forte perdita (o un tracollo).
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['bætərɪŋ]
nome
1) (from person) (il) picchiare, (il) malmenare
2)

to take o get a battering — (from bombs, storm, waves) essere devastato o distrutto (from da); (from opponents) sport uscire malconcio; (from critics) essere stroncato (by da); (emotionally) essere distrutto


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