slammings

/ˈslæmɪŋz/
noun
  1. Harsh criticisms or verbal attacks.
    • The movie received slammings from most critics.
    • Online slammings can hurt a person's reputation.
    • Her speech was full of slammings against the government.
  2. The act of shutting something with force, or the sounds of such actions.
    • He was woken by the slammings of car trunks outside.
    • The constant slammings of cabinets annoyed the neighbors.
    • The slammings of doors echoed through the empty house.
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