bash‧ing /ˈbæʃɪŋ/
noun [singular, uncountable]1. the action of attacking someone and hitting them:
Gay-bashing (=attacks on gay people) is on the increase.give somebody a bashing They gave him a real bashing.2. strong and usually unfair public criticism of a particular group or person:
union-bashing in the right-wing press [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲