banged away (at)

verb

past tense of bang away (at)
as in buffeted

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  1. buffeted
  2. battered
  3. besieged
  4. beleaguered
  5. ravaged
  6. barraged
  7. bombarded
  8. surprised
Verb
  • From here on out, the authorship of Tae-ju’s life is ambiguous, as well as constantly in flux, buffeted by the whims and suggestions of others, as well as by her own impulses.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
  • When an area on the ground is hit by the eyewall, it will be buffeted by intense winds, then get a break before being slammed by the other side of the eye in a second round of the storm's strongest winds.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of buffeted
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  • Then, Democrats, battered by their losses and contending with retirements of their own, appeared boxed out in all but a few states.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Something like that happened during the historic storm of late January 1983, which occurred during one of the strongest El Niños on record and battered the coast up and down California, damaging many piers.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of battered
Verb
  • Mehra – director of 2016 pic Baar Baar Dekho and creator of Prime Video series Big Girls Don’t Cry – says that while Indian audiences are besieged by films and TV content right now, where Hunkkaar has cut through is in its subject matter.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Its largest medical center, Al-Shifa Hospital, was besieged, bombed, and raided, under false pretexts, resulting in hundreds of deaths inside.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of besieged
Verb
  • Sirianni said Monday that beleaguered offensive coordinator Sean Mannion was still the play-caller.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Ed Sheeran‘s beleaguered Gillette Stadium concerts tonight and Saturday have been canceled due to the nor’easter threatening New England with severe weather.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of beleaguered
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  • The settlers have ravaged Palestinian villages as the Israeli government and military look the other way, if not outright condone the violence.
    — Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Archaeologists in England have uncovered new remains at one of the country's oldest and largest medieval leprosy hospitals, hundreds of years after the disease ravaged communities across Britain.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of ravaged
Verb
  • The Weather Channel radar shows Lake County getting barraged with rain.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Each character has totally justified and totally unjustified reasons for resenting one another, and the sensation of absorbing those contrasting opinions is like being in a stuck bumper car, barraged and battered from all sides.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
Definition of barraged
Verb
  • Throughout the war, Russia has repeatedly bombarded Ukraine’s Black Sea and Danube River ports, leaving Kyiv increasingly reliant on alternative routes to get its grain exports to markets in Africa and the Middle East.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Ohioans are getting bombarded with Republican ads on tax cuts, but the message is falling flat with many voters who feel the weight of higher prices.
    — Jarrell Dillard, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of bombarded
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  • Back then, Hamilton was a political newcomer who surprised himself with his candidacy.
    — Kathleen Parker, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
  • But what has surprised creators more than anything is how hard YouTube is fighting back.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of surprised
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