v.tr. 1. To strike with a heavy, crushing blow.
2. To beat or assault severely.
3. Informal To criticize (another) harshly, accusatorially, and threateningly
EXAMPLE SENTENCES:
1. He thug bashed the hood of the car with a sledgehammer.
2. The police arrested the men who bashed an immigrant in the park.
3. "He bashed the . . . government unmercifully over the . . . spy affair" (Lally Weymouth).