"battered" in the verb sense
1. buffet, knock about, batter
strike against forcefully
"Winds buffeted the tent"
2. clobber, baste, batter
strike violently and repeatedly
"She clobbered the man who tried to attack her"
3. dinge, batter
make a dent or impression in
"dinge a soft hat"
"battered" in the adjective sense
1. battered, beat-up, beaten-up
damaged by blows or hard usage
"a battered old car"
"the beaten-up old Ford"
2. battered
damaged especially by hard usage
"his battered old hat"
3. battered
exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury
"a battered child"
"the battered woman syndrome"
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