Battering

Verb
battering

Noun

 * 1) An instance of battering.
 * 2) The activity of battering.

Thesaurus
assault, attack, butchery, disorderliness, forcible seizure, killing, laying waste, looting, massacre, obstreperousness, onslaught, pillaging, rape, riot, rioting, sacking, slaughter, sowing with salt, unruliness, violation