bash
Informal vb
1 to strike violently or crushingly
2 to smash, break, etc., with a crashing blow
to bash a door down
3 to crash (into); collide (with)
to bash into a lamppost
4 to dent or be dented
this tin is bashed
5 a heavy blow, as from a fist
8 ♦
have a bash
Informal to make an attempt, (See also)
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bash up (C17: of uncertain origin)
bash up vb (Brit)
slang to thrash; beat violently