Adjective battered has 3 senses
- battered, beat-up, beaten-up - damaged by blows or hard usage; "a battered old car"; "the beaten-up old Ford"
Antonym: undamaged (indirect, via damaged)
- battered - damaged especially by hard usage; "his battered old hat"
Antonym: unworn (indirect, via worn)
- battered, beaten - beaten repeatedly with heavy blows; "a battered child"; "the battered woman syndrome"
Antonym: unabused (indirect, via abused)
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Verb batter has 3 senses
- buffet, knock about, batter - strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent"
--1 is one way to strike
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- clobber, baste, batter - strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
--2 is one way to beat, beat up, work over
Sample sentence:
They want to batter the prisoners
- dinge, batter - make a dent or impression in; "dinge a soft hat"
--3 is one way to change shape, change form, deform
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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