“I decided to bash the punching bag to release some of my pent-up anger.”
“You just have to bash the dough about a bit with your hands, squashing it into the table, reshaping it, pulling it, stretching it, squashing it again.”
“I don't think it's so cleverly painted that it would lead people to bash into the wall.”
bash
(obsolete, transitive) To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.
“I decided to bash the punching bag to release some of my pent-up anger.”
“You just have to bash the dough about a bit with your hands, squashing it into the table, reshaping it, pulling it, stretching it, squashing it again.”
“I don't think it's so cleverly painted that it would lead people to bash into the wall.”