battered

[US]/'bætɚd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. worn out; in poor condition; mistreated
v. to repeatedly hit; to wear down

Phrases & Collocations

battered woman

emotionally battered

battered child syndrome

Example Sentences

a pair of battered black boots.

the car's paintwork was battered and scratched.

a house battered by a hurricane;

The winds battered the trees.

We battered the door down.

a prisoner was battered to death with a table leg.

he finished the day battered and bruised.

He battered up his car in the race.

The heavy waves battered the ship to pieces.

she flip-flopped off the porch in battered trainers.

was battered and bloodied in the prize ring;

While the battered car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned the police.

It was in this room that he kept disused portmanteaus, battered japanned cases, and other lumber;and it was in this room that George Talboys had left his luggage.

He had an old battered-up slouch hat on, and a greasy blue woollen shirt, and ragged old blue jeans britches stuffed into his boot-tops, and home-knit galluses -- no, he only had one.

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