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Antonyms for battered

Grammar : Verb
Spell : bat-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæt ər

Definition of battered

Origin :
  • "strike repeatedly, beat violently and rapidly," early 14c., from Old French batre "to beat, strike" (11c., Modern French battre "to beat, to strike"), from Latin battuere "to beat, strike," an old word in Latin, but almost certainly borrowed from Gaulish, from PIE root *bhau- "to strike" (cf. Welsh bathu "beat;" Old English beadu "battle," beatan "to beat," bytl "hammer, mallet"). Began to be widely used 1962 in reference to domestic abuse. Related: Battered; battering. Battering-ram is an ancient weapon (Latin aries), but the word attested only from 1610s.
  • verb strike and damage
Example sentences :
  • So he just sat there, quivering, bleeding, battered—but a conqueror.
  • Extract from : « A Night Out » by Edward Peple
  • He looked round him for the battered article that served him for head-gear.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • Battered and worn from the day's impressions I wanted to be alone and to think.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • Dimly as she passed below I could see how old she was, how worn and battered by the waves.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • The memory of that bruised and battered face was warning enough.
  • Extract from : « Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts » by Roy Rutherford Bailey
  • Sometimes it battered him like the cannon rolling in the hold of the vessel.
  • Extract from : « Alexander's Bridge and The Barrel Organ » by Willa Cather and Alfred Noyes
  • The plate was bright with wear, and the walnut of the stock was battered and dull with age.
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
  • Oh, the worship once offered to those broken, battered things!
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
  • And then they gracefully turned and slid to the battered torpoon.
  • Extract from : « Under Arctic Ice » by H.G. Winter
  • His health was almost normal; his battered limbs were nearly as sound as ever.
  • Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

Synonyms for battered

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