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bat·ter¹ Audio Help   (bāt'ər) Pronunciation Key
v.   bat·tered, bat·ter·ing, bat·ters

v.   tr.

To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows.
To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse.
To damage, as by heavy wear.

v. intr.
To pound repeatedly with heavy blows.

n. Printing
A damaged area on the face of type or on a plate.

[Middle English bateren, from Old French batre, from Late Latin battere, from Latin battuere.]

Synonyms: These verbs mean to damage, injure, or disfigure by beating, abuse, or hard use: a house battered by a hurricane; a construction worker maimed in an accident; machinery that mangled the worker's fingers; a tent mauled by a hungry bear; mutilated the painting with a razor. See Also Synonyms at beat.

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bat·ter³ Audio Help   (bāt'ər) Pronunciation Key
n.   A liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, milk, and eggs, used in cooking.

tr.v.   bat·tered, bat·ter·ing, bat·ters
To coat in batter: battered the vegetables and then fried them.

[Middle English bater, probably from Old French bateure, a beating, from batre, to beat; see batter¹.]

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bat·ter⁴ Audio Help   (bāt'ər) Pronunciation Key
n.   A slope, as of the outer face of a wall, that recedes from bottom to top.

tr.v.   bat·tered, bat·ter·ing, bat·ters
To construct so as to create an upwardly receding slope.

[Origin unknown.]

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battered
adjective
1.	damaged by blows or hard usage; "a battered old car"; "the beaten-up old Ford"
2.	damaged especially by hard usage; "his battered old hat"
3.	exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury; "a battered child"; "the battered woman syndrome"

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battered adjective

Example: battered wives/children; She ran away from her husband to a shelter for battered women.

Arabic:	مَضْروب
Chinese (Simplified):	受虐待的妇女或儿童
Chinese (Traditional):	受虐待的婦女或儿童
Czech:	bitý, týraný
Danish:	slået; mishandlet
Estonian:	ahistatud, füüsilise vägivalla all kannatav
Greek:	κακοποιημένος
Hungarian:	bántalmazott
Indonesian:	dianiaya
Italian:	maltrattato

Latvian:	sadauzīts; piekauts
Lithuanian:	smurtą patiriantis, mušamas
Norwegian:	mishandlet (kvinne, *barn)
Polish:	maltretowany
Russian:	избитый
Slovak:	bitý
Slovenian:	trpinčen
Spanish:	maltratado
Swedish:	misshandlad, sönderslagen
Turkish:	dayak yemiş, dövülmüş

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