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battered

[bat-er]

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verb (used with object)

to beat persistently or hard; pound repeatedly.

to damage by beating or hard usage: Rough roads had battered the car. High winds were battering the coast.

verb (used without object)

to deal heavy, repeated blows; pound steadily: continuing to batter at the front door.

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noun

Printing.

a damaged area on the face of type or plate.

the resulting defect in print.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English bateren, probably < Middle French, Old French batre to beat (see bate²), with the infinitive ending identified with -er⁶; compare Anglo-French baterer

Synonyms
1. belabor, smite, pelt. 2. bruise, wound; smash, shatter, shiver; destroy, ruin.

Example Sentences

Maybe it's the battered economy that is driving the public's longing for a different era.

Any dynamic library collection is battered in the line of duty by chewing dogs, falling rain, and trips to the beach.

It holds an animal whose ancestors swam freely in the sea to rocks that are often battered by powerful waves.

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Maybe it's the battered economy that is driving the public's longing for a different era.

Any dynamic library collection is battered in the line of duty by chewing dogs, falling rain, and trips to the beach.

It holds an animal whose ancestors swam freely in the sea to rocks that are often battered by powerful waves.

Remarkably, this moose had survived the initial attack, battered but not yet beaten.

On the earth, these impact structures are rather a sorry lot, battered as they are by the elements and geological activity.

It was a huge treat to visit him at the battered newsroom with all the hustle and bustle.

The main part of the room is dominated by a battered work table.

And in this maelstrom of decay, ordinary men were battered and smashed.

Commodities such as copper have also been battered recently, as have financial stocks.

As for children, their murderers simply battered them against trees.

If so, it will have a nasty adverse impact on the already battered economy and stretch the medical care to extremes.

With all but one of the ship's hands accounted for, all eyes turned back to the battered vessel.

It's a bit scratched and battered and dirty, and the battery is dying, but it still works well.

Students with cars could register voters and rescue battered women.

BofA's share price has been battered this year amid worries that it had inadequate capital.

It's a rare patch of calm for a region often battered by gale-force winds.

Squash blossoms are delicious stuffed, battered and fried.

The bursting of the technology stock market bubble may have prompted many stunned investors to flee that battered sector.

It was another tumultuous week for euro-zone banks, which are being battered by the region's sovereign-debt crisis.

The scientists collected their battered weather tools.

The fish is often battered or pan-fried with a lemon butter sauce, though there are countless ways to prepare it.

Rumsfeld's using online media to rehab his battered image.

Countries with high rates of inflation are seeing their currencies battered.

The battered disk puffed into a swirling, sparkly ball of gas and stars-an elliptical galaxy.

Abe pointed to a battered concrete foundation amid the flattened landscape.

The incident made international news and undermined the software giant's already battered image.

Giuliani took office with a pledge to tackle domestic violence, battered women have been urged to come forward by subway and bus.

Faculty pay has been battered by the deepening national.

So it was that financial markets, long battered by the ever-worsening euro crisis, rallied early this week amid.

Traditional methods for catching a fibber have been battered by scientific study.

For instance, asked how many beds will be available at a shelter for battered women.

As if cutbacks in public services put battered populations into a easy-going mood.

The process is similar to icing a battered limb after an accident to reduce swelling.

But the company's shares were battered in after-hours.

Most of the callers, she said, expressed anger at the verdict and asked what they could do to help battered women.

But there's also a part of me feeling bruised and battered.

Dented doors and battered bumpers are backed up by official figures.

Incidentally, mandating a higher performance from all vehicles is a great way of adding value to a battered market.

There is a battered notebook computer on the front seat and a jumble of wires connected to a small camera clamped to the dash.

Somehow it had been easier for him to have his ideas battered generally than to have specific mistakes in prose highlighted.

Forget unemployment, terrorism or crime: the real threat comes from the man with the battered suitcase.

The wind battered the thick windows and ripped past the superstructure with a buffeted keening.

His body was battered and bruised both by the acts themselves and all the training.

Downstairs, the reception area is lined with battered folding chairs occupied by patients with makeshift bandages or open wounds.

The battered economy has pushed adjuncts to seek protection in an environment where their jobs are more at risk than usual.

He takes over a country that is diplomatically isolated, economically battered and socially and politically polarised.

He threw his mother's battered dishes to the ground, pulled on visitors' noses, and scampered away giggling.

They battered him with rapid-fire questions, never giving him time to think, and they broke him-or so they thought-in two days.

His battered can provided the experiment's simulated rain.

US cruise missiles have already battered the country.

The church's handsome colonial façade is a little battered.

Green water poured over the bow and flew up in a white explosion that battered the windows.

The girl is posed in a beggar's clothing and posed as such, probably against an old, battered side of a building.

Beset by scandal, battered in a regional poll and split in an important state.

There's also no shortage of examples dunked in superglue and battered with carbon.

Policemen did little as demonstrators with hammers battered down a wall of concrete slabs put in place to protect the building.

Japanese dish of battered and deep-fried food temperate: adjective: moderate.

Stora has been badly battered by the downturn and urgently needs to cut costs.

Consumers are nursing battered balance sheets and the government is wallowing in debt.

Having sustained heavy losses, it retreated to barracks, its morale battered.

But the product recalls have battered a company not used to being pushed around.

Demand is slumping across the globe as firms and consumers are battered by a.

The abductions are sure to do further damage to the tourism industry, already battered by last year's kidnappings.

The financial sector there has been battered in the.

Perhaps the biggest benefit has been the battered nation's rise in self-respect.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun

a mixture of flour, milk or water, eggs, etc., beaten together for use in cookery.

verb (used with object)

to coat with batter.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English bat(o)ur, bat(e)re, perhaps < Anglo-French bature, Old French bat(e)ure act of beating (bat(re) to beat (see bate²) + -eure < *-ātūra; see -ate², -ure), reinforced by batter¹

verb (used without object)

(of the face of a wall or the like) to slope backward and upward.

noun

a backward and upward slope of the face of a wall or the like.

Origin:
1540–50; of obscure origin

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World English Dictionary

battered¹ (ˈbætəd)

—*adj*
	subjected to persistent physical violence, esp by a close relative living in the same house: a battered baby

battered² (ˈbætəd)

—*adj*
	coated in batter: a battered cod

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Word Origin & History

batter

"flour, eggs, and milk beaten together," late 14c., from O.Fr. batteure "a beating," from L. battuere (see batter (v.)).

Slang Dictionary

battered definition

mod.
alcohol intoxicated. : Man, was I battered. I will never drink another drop.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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