Word Finder - battered

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To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.

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The firemen battered down the door.

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To coat with batter (the food ingredient).

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I prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs.

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To defeat soundly; to thrash.

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Leeds United battered Charlton 7-0.

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• thrash

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(usually in the passive) To intoxicate.

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I was battered last night on our pub crawl.

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• intoxicate

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To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.

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To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).

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Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered.

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Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.

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Coated with batter.

The woman was hooked to a ventilator and IVs, her battered face clean and pale.

His battered body felt heavy, and his emotions grew chaotic.

But he was battered beyond recognition from the helo crash, Dan said.

Rain and wind battered him.

Like one of those physical forces which tend to reduce everything to a dead level, he battered down alike characters and fortresses; and in his endeavours to abolish faction, he killed that public spirit which, formed in the 16th century, had already produced the Republique of Bodin, de Thous History of his Times, La Boeties Contre Un, the Satire Mnippe, and Sullys Economies royales.

Cadorna had intended to put the battered units of the II.

It was an hour later before they saw their first vehicle, an old Scout, battered and muddy, coming out of a side trail below them.

Chico wears a battered suit and a felt hat.

Straggly gray hair showed beneath a battered gray fedora.

Strummer, however, appears dressed in normal clothes and using his old battered Telecaster.

During an incident on February 8th, Brown allegedly battered his girlfriend Rihanna (a singer and entertainer).

Bruised and battered, they take the ship back to Star Base.

They find Marvin, battered, broken down and barely functioning.

The restaurant's signature appetizer is a large carved onion that is battered, deep fried and served with a spicy dipping sauce.

His chest tightened as he looked upon her battered body.

A teenage student was battered by an unknown assailant on 25th October 1980 in the grounds of Leeds University.

Central battered chimney stack flanked by 2 brick dormer gables with leaded lights.

You also have to put up with loads of grubby, battered fellow festival goers who you've probably had enough of by then.

As he greets his family, his kid brother Peter lies stretched out on a steel gurney, battered, bruised - dead.

Crack! crash! bang! went his iron-shod hoofs against the wooden bodies of the Gargoyles, and they were battered right and left with such force that they scattered like straws in the wind.

Internal injuries, cuts, burns, bruises, and broken or fractured bones are all possible results of battered child syndrome.

Medical treatment for battered child syndrome will vary according to the type of injury incurred.

Though I battered him about his mistake, I truly loved him I just couldn't let it go.Any way, he moved and so did I.

You were riding your bike the fourth day, battered, bruised and brilliant.

She carried out violent attacks, often leaving them bruised and battered.

Finally, another body came through, this one bloodied and battered.

His gaze moved to her opponent, a woman who looked as poised and rested as Jenn appeared battered.

We saw towering tabular bergs around the ship being battered by the waves.

The flint artifacts found in the ancient river gravels are frequently rolled, battered, and stained brown by iron oxides.

The only relief from his Japanese captors was a battered volume he had found from the Sexton Blake Library.

Fill them up with pasta, battered fresh cod, or a free ice cream on Sundays.

Some of its warehouses have walls on the beach which are battered by gales in the winter months.

The mount is rather battered, being of much thinner stuff than the capping, but appears to carry the same hallmark.

A battered leather suitcase and a smarter, newer holdall stood beside them on the path.

Later we stand together in front of a battered leather suitcase, filled with small luggage labels.

My hands were still gripping the battered wooden lectern on which he had placed the book for my inspection.

Here I was shown into a battered corrugated iron hangar, where I was greeted by a battered, corrugated iron flight lieutenant.

Tables are a lovely pale green Formica which may be more recent than the authentically battered red Leatherette seating.

The cardboard sleeve for the keyboard package is a little battered.

After the gig, we duck outside to the battered tour van which has carried The Paddingtons across the country on their latest tour.

Most people got the chance to explore and penetrate the wreck leaving everybody happy if not battered and bruised.

I ran over and pulled the sac open, and found a bound, battered, incredibly hairy, but alive baby yeti.

Silly pranks like that, or a Crusty screeching up in a battered white van with UN written on the side.

One of the specialities of the house is a dish of delicately battered seafood served in a cone of brown paper.

In the town I was shown a number of articles picked up from the battlefield including a sword hilt and a battered shako plate.

It gets battered more easily because of the softness of the metal.

This will help pre-empt the dehydration that leaves you feeling battered in the morning.

A great number of Chinese dishes are battered and deep-fried, but there are still many lowfat and healthy entrees from which to choose.

People waited with bated breath to hear Rihanna's side of the story as she has remained pretty tight lipped since the incident that left her bruised and battered.

I have grown them in the most unlikely place of all, a battered wall with earth behind, and they flowered very well.