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Definition of bastonner - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

tr.

bâtonfrapper avec un bâton

Le gardien bastonnait les prisonniers récalcitrants.

rosser

bagarrefrapper quelqu'un

Il a bastonné son adversaire après la dispute.

frapper

tabasser

châtiment

Dated

infliger le châtiment de la bastonnade

Dated

On bastonnait les soldats coupables de désertion.

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se bastonnerv.

se battre physiquement entre plusieurs personnes

Les supporters se sont bastonnés devant le stade.

Origin of bastonner

français, baston (bâton) + suffixe -ner (verbe)

Examples of bastonner in a sentence

Ils ont menacé de bastonner les voleurs surpris dans la grange.
Le chef a interdit de bastonner les élèves, même en cas d’indiscipline.
Ils ont menacé de bastonner le voleur attrapé.
Le héros refuse de bastonner un homme sans défense.
Les prisonniers étaient parfois bastonnés pour leur insubordination.
On a menacé de bastonner les élèves turbulents à l'époque.

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English:beat, beat up, ...
German:mit einem Stock schlagen, zusammenschlagen, ...
Italian:bastonare, picchiare, ...
Spanish:aporrear, golpear, ...
Portuguese:espancar com um pau, espancar, ...
Chinese:用棍子打, 殴打, ...
Japanese:棒で叩く, 殴る, ...
Arabic:ضرب بعصا, ضرب, ...
Hebrew:לְהַכּוֹת בְּמַקֵּל, לְהַכּוֹת, ...
Russian:бить палкой, избить, ...
Ukrainian:вдаряти палицею, побити, ...
Catalan:bastonejar, apallissar, ...
Dutch:met een stok slaan, slaan, ...
Greek:ραβδίζω, δέρνω, ...
Korean:막대기로 때리다, 두들겨 패다, ...
Polish:okładać kijem, pobić, ...
Portuguese (BR):bater com um bastão, bater, ...
Romanian:a bate cu bățul, a bătea, ...
Thai:ตีด้วยไม้, ต่อยตี, ...
Turkish:sopayla dövmek, dövmek, ...
Vietnamese:đánh bằng gậy, đánh, ...

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