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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.
noun (1) 1. a. : a mixture consisting chiefly of flour, egg, and milk or water and being thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon. thin pancake batter. b. : a mixture (as of flour and egg) used as a coating for food that is to be fried. dip the chicken in the batter. beer batter.
Batter definition: to beat persistently or hard; pound repeatedly.. See examples of BATTER used in a sentence.
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. Hitting and beating. at-risk. bang away. bang someone up. basher. bashing. bunch. butt. duff someone up. duke. fetch. gut punch.
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. 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.
To batter is to beat repeatedly, as if one boxer were clobbering another with blows. Batter is one of those words with many meanings that seem entirely unrelated to each other. You can batter by hitting again and again, but there's also a batter in baseball — the guy who's holding a bat and waiting for the pitcher to throw the ball.
If you batter something, you hit it many times, using your fists or a heavy object. They were battering the door, they were breaking in. [ VERB noun ] Batter the steaks flat.
to deal heavy, repeated blows; pound steadily: continuing to batter at the front door.
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.
