noun [U,C] (often in compounds)
1 (used especially in newspapers) very strong criticism of a person or group:
union-bashing
2 a physical attack, or a series of attacks, on a person or group of people:
gay-bashing (= attacking homosexuals) * to give sb a bashing
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