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1. Damaged by blows or hard usage
   "a battered old car"
   - beat-up, beaten-up
    
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"

1. Strike against forcefully
   "Winds battered the tent"
   - buffet, knock about
    
2. Strike violently and repeatedly
   "She battered the man who tried to attack her"
   - clobber, baste
    
3. Make a dent or impression in
   "batter a soft hat"
   - dinge

See also: abused, damaged, ill-treated, maltreated, mistreated, worn

Type of: beat, beat up, change form, change shape, deform, strike, work over

Encyclopedia: Batter