Answer:

bashed

Answer	Crossword Clue
BASHED	Hit hard
BASHED	Socked hard
BASHED	Lambasted

BASHED	Denounced
BASHED	Criticized
BASHED	Thwacked
BASHED	Hit: Colloq.
BASHED	Clouted.
BASHED	Clouted
BASHED	Beat
BASHED	Hit very hard

BASHED	Hit violently
BASHED	Clobbered
BASHED	Criticized severely
BASHED	Mimosa-family trees
BASHED	Conked over the head
BASHED	Assaulted
BASHED	Conked
BASHED	Struck with crushing blows

BASHED	Assaulted verbally

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.