Antonyms for banged up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : bang

Phonetic Transcription : bæŋ

Definition of banged up

Origin : 1540s, "to strike hard with a loud blow," from a Scandinavian sourse akin to Old Norse banga "to pound, hammer" of echoic origin. Slang meaning "have sexual intercourse with" first recorded 1937. Bang-up "excellent, first-rate," 1820, probably shortened from phrase bang up to the mark. The noun is recorded from late 16c.
This is the way the world endsNot with a bang but a whimper[T.S. Eliot, "Hollow Men," 1925]

As in abuse : verb physically hurt or injure
As in bruise : verb break blood vessel; discolor
As in damage : verb cause injury, loss

Example sentences :

It was only then I noticed that she was banged up quite a bit for a Mekstrom.
Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith

Rover was in full pursuit, and he banged up against it, too.
Extract from : « The Boy Scouts Along the Susquehanna » by Herbert Carter

I mean the shovel you banged up hammering on the drift to make us hear.
Extract from : « The Iron Boys in the Mines » by James R. Mears

The army doctors rejected me for combat service; I'm too banged up.
Extract from : « The Five Arrows » by Allan Chase

I'll take a look at them and see how badly they've been banged up.
Extract from : « Four-Day Planet » by Henry Beam Piper

The worse the men are “banged up,” the better those interested in the team seem to be.
Extract from : « A Quarter-Back's Pluck » by Lester Chadwick

No, sir—I think he has had a fit of remorse, and thought better of having you banged up or crippled.
Extract from : « Ralph on the Overland Express » by Allen Chapman

Then he began to cough as Bessie banged up and down the studio disturbing the dust.
Extract from : « The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition » by Rudyard Kipling

Somebody told me you'd joined Security and got banged up trying to keep Trench from blowing up the dome.
Extract from : « Police Your Planet » by Lester del Rey

"I'm all banged up—nerves shot to pieces," he said abruptly, turning his gaze intently upon Archie.
Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson

Synonyms for banged up

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