bang up

bang up
verb
1. damage or destroy as if by violence
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The teenager banged up the car of his mother

Syn: ↑smash up, ↑smash
Derivationally related forms: ↑smash (for: ↑smash), ↑smasher (for: ↑smash)
Hypernyms: ↑damage
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

2. make pregnant
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He impregnated his wife again

Syn: ↑impregnate, ↑knock up, ↑prang up
Derivationally related forms: ↑impregnation (for: ↑impregnate)
Hypernyms: ↑inseminate, ↑fecundate, ↑fertilize, ↑fertilise
Verb Group: ↑impregnate
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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bang up [phrasal verb]
1 bang up (something or someone) or bang (something or someone) up US, informal : to injure or damage (something or someone)

She banged up [=hurt] her knee.

He banged up the car.

He was pretty badly banged up [=injured] in the accident.

2 bang up (someone) or bang (someone) up Brit slang : to put (someone) in prison

He got banged up [=locked up] for robbery.

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