BASH
v. bashed, bashing, bashes
Meaning:
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.
"v.intr. Informal
To engage in harsh, accusatory, threatening criticism.
Example sentences:
1. The 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).