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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
Their effort also got support from groups funded by wealthy Chicagoans that bashed Johnson’s spending plan by bankrolling over $100,000 in Facebook ads and even more on television.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2026
These moments and many more proved worthy of a fabulous pre-Globes bash.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 10 Jan. 2026
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Verb
As Hodges stood there, scared and vulnerable, the man grabbed his baton and bashed him on the head with it, rupturing his lip and smashing his skull.
—Noun
The Golden Globes bill themselves as Hollywood’s booziest bash.
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“Bash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bash. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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