Adjective battered has 3 senses
  1. 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)
  2. battered - damaged especially by hard usage; "his battered old hat"
    Antonym:
    unworn (indirect, via worn)
  3. battered, beaten - beaten repeatedly with heavy blows; "a battered child"; "the battered woman syndrome"
    Antonym: unabused (indirect, via abused)
,Verb batter has 3 senses
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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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