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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.
The meaning of BATTER is to beat with successive blows so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish. How to use batter in a sentence.
BATTER meaning: 1. to hit something with force many times: 2. to hit and behave violently towards a person…. Learn more.
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.
batter in British English. (ˈbætə ) verb. 1. to hit (someone or something) repeatedly using heavy blows, as with a club or other heavy instrument; beat heavily. 2. (tr; often passive) to damage or injure, as by blows, heavy wear, etc. 3. (transitive) social welfare.
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.
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 hit someone or something hard many times, especially in a way that causes serious damage: He was badly battered about the head and face. Severe winds are battering the coast. pound to hit someone or something hard many times, especially in a way that makes a lot of noise: Heavy rain pounded on the roof.
verb (used with object) to beat persistently or hard; pound repeatedly. Synonyms: pelt, smite, belabor. to damage by beating or hard usage: Rough roads had battered the car. High winds were battering the coast. Synonyms: ruin, destroy, shiver, shatter, smash, wound, bruise.
To batter someone means to hit them many times, using fists or a heavy object. The passengers were battered by flying luggage and cargo as the cabin lost pressure. The gang battered him unconscious.
