battering in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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battering [Brit ˈbatərɪŋ, Am ˈbædərɪŋ] N

battering ram [Brit ˈbatərɪŋ ˌram, Am ˈbædərɪŋ ˈræm] N

wife battering [ˈwaɪfˌbætərɪŋ] N

I.batter1 [Brit ˈbatə, Am ˈbædər] VB trans

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II.batter1 [Brit ˈbatə, Am ˈbædər] VB intr

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batter2 [Brit ˈbatə, Am ˈbædər] N

batter3 [Brit ˈbatə, Am ˈbædər] N SPORTS

I.batter4 [Brit ˈbatə, Am ˈbædər] N CONSTR

II.batter4 [Brit ˈbatə, Am ˈbædər] VB intr CONSTR

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batter down VB [ˈbatə -] (batter [sth] down, batter down [sth])

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battering in the PONS Dictionary

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battering [ˈbæ·t̬ɚ·ɪŋ] N

I.batter1 [ˈbæ·t̬ɚ] N FOOD

II.batter1 [ˈbæ·t̬ɚ] VB trans FOOD

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I.batter2 [ˈbæ·t̬ɚ] N SPORTS

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III.batter2 [ˈbæ·t̬ɚ] VB intr

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Translations for battering in the Italian»English Dictionary (Go to English»Italian)

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battering Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to batter the door in [or down]
abbattere la porta
to batter at the door
battere con violenza alla porta
to give sb a battering
prendere qu a bastonate

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The figurative sense of the word has ground in mechanics comparable to figurative uses of steamroller or battering ram to mean something overwhelming.
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These culminated in the construction of a largely symbolic, car-mounted battering ram.
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He had several of the slower galleys, and a few barges, refit with battering rams.
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Students had to run helter-skelter for their lives as the heavily built men went berserk battering anyone on sight.
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A giant siege tower with a battering ram was constructed and moved laboriously up the completed ramp.
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The whole police force was soon mustered, and by the aid of a battering ram the door was forced open.
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This originates presumably in the practice of carving some such motif on the head of the log used as a battering ram.
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Along with these figures came an impressive new line of catapults, siege towers, a battering ram, camp fences, and early artillery pieces.
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Horses were trained to ignore sudden shocks, and to press forward in the charge, veering off at the last second to allow the rider to kick with his battering-ram-like stirrups.
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And perhaps (sadly) this will prove a revelation to many, so spoon-fed are we by expired tropes of tattooed bench-pressers battering women.
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