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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Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 19 May 2026
Hegseth echoed Trump in bashing Massie, who has often spoken out against the president's agenda, which has prompted the president to support Gallrein in an effort to oust Massie.
—Emily Chang, ABC News, 18 May 2026
Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Qatar’s Doha Film Festival has canceled its traditional party but its execs will be here while the Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival bash at the Carlton is going as planned.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 12 May 2026
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Verb
The two sides failed to reach an agreement, and Hegseth blacklisted Anthropic and bashed the company on social media.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 19 May 2026
Hegseth echoed Trump in bashing Massie, who has often spoken out against the president's agenda, which has prompted the president to support Gallrein in an effort to oust Massie.
—Emily Chang, ABC News, 18 May 2026
Noun
As the rush of East Coast travel wore off, Clave Especial returned to Salinas to throw a huge homecoming bash.
—Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Qatar’s Doha Film Festival has canceled its traditional party but its execs will be here while the Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival bash at the Carlton is going as planned.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 12 May 2026
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“Bash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bash. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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