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- Dictionarybatter/ˈbatə/
verb
- 1. strike repeatedly with hard blows: "a prisoner was battered to death with a table leg" Similar
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BATTER definition: 1. to hit something with force many times: 2. to hit and behave violently towards a person…. Learn more.
1. a. : to beat with successive blows so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish. battered down the door. women who have been battered by their husbands. b. : bombard. battering targets with artillery fire. battering the lawyer with questions. c.
to hit and behave violently toward a person repeatedly over a long period of time: Campaigners are concerned that the new laws on domestic violence do not show enough understanding of the lives of people who are battered. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Hitting and beating. at-risk. bang away phrasal verb. bang someone up phrasal verb.
Batter definition: to beat persistently or hard; pound repeatedly.. See examples of BATTER used in a sentence.
1. a. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows. See Synonyms at beat. b. To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse. 2. To damage, as by heavy wear: a shed battered by high winds. 3. a. To attack verbally, as with criticism. b. To harass or distress, as with repeated questions. See Synonyms at assault. v.intr.
Verb. Noun. Filter. verb. battered, battering, batters. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows. American Heritage. To coat in batter. Battered the vegetables and then fried them. American Heritage. To beat or strike with blow after blow; pound. Webster's New World. To pound noisily and repeatedly. Webster's New World.
batter to hit somebody/ something hard a lot of times, especially in way that causes serious injury or damage: He had been badly battered around the head and face. Severe winds have been battering the coast.
1. To batter someone means to hit them many times, using fists or a heavy object. [...] 2. If someone is battered, they are regularly hit and badly hurt by a member of their family or by their partner. [...] 3. If a place is battered by wind, rain, or storms, it is seriously damaged or affected by very bad weather. [...] More. Image.
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. v.i. to deal heavy, repeated blows; pound steadily: continuing to batter at the front door. n. [Print.] Printing a damaged area on the face of type or plate.
to hit someone or something repeatedly very hard: If you don't open up we'll batter the door down. Waves battered against the rocks. battered wives /women. (Definition of batter from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of batter. in Chinese (Traditional) 接連猛打（尤指婦女、兒童）, 食物, （用麵粉、雞蛋和牛奶混成的）麵糊… See more.
