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Meanings of
battered
in English
Damaged by blows or hard usage.
beat-up
beaten-up
Related terms
damaged
Battered.
Related terms
worn
Synonyms
Examples for "
beat-up
"
beat-up
beaten-up
Examples for "
beat-up
"
1
She traded in her
beat
-
up
car and bought a Cadillac, she said.
2
He was about the most bedraggled and
beat
-
up
thing she'd ever seen.
3
A chair was vacant beside a
beat
-
up
table and I took that.
4
He opens the locker door and takes out a
beat
-
up
straw suitcase.
5
The other Summerhill parents had
beat
-
up
VW buses, braids, and fringed boots.
1
But they also are hunting for
beaten
-
up
securities linked to commercial property.
2
No more
beaten
-
up
toenails are on view, because everyone is thickly shod.
3
Then we go to LA and stay in this super
beaten
-
up
house.
4
Real estate, and
beaten
-
up
sectors such as the Pacific Rim and financials.
5
He was eating some kind of mash from a
beaten
-
up
soldier's bowl.
Battered.
Related terms
abused
mistreated
ill-treated
maltreated
Usage of
battered
in English
1
However, America's
battered
jobs market has got a long way to go.
2
For countries already
battered
by the debt crisis, that's hardly a consolation.
3
TODAY'S election in Bangladesh could possibly refloat the country's
battered
political system.
4
South African boxer Ruann Visser was left
battered
and beaten this week.
5
Stock markets
battered
airlines amid growing concerns about the sector's financial viability.
6
The recent bailout will hopefully reinvigorate
battered
financial, consumer and investor confidence.
7
Corruption scandals, lackluster growth and rising violence have
battered
the government's reputation.
8
The currency has been
battered
recently by concerns over the presidential elections.
9
I am a
battered
old philosopher with one foot in the grave.
10
Cyclone Winston
battered
the distant Lau Island group over two weeks ago.
11
He would come home
battered
and bruised, but stronger for the experience.
12
Reis's slow disintegration is paralleled by that of Europe
battered
by Fascism.
13
They seemed caricatures of humanity; scarecrows in
battered
hats or draggled skirts.
14
His killers proudly posted images of his
battered
body on social media.
15
A number of strong spring storms have
battered
south-eastern and Midwestern America.
16
But prices rebounded after Hurricane Ike
battered
U.S. oil infrastructure this month.
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About this term
battered
Adjective
batter
Verb
Indicative · Past Indefinite
Frequent collocations
batter by
batter old
batter body
batter face
batter women
More collocations
Battered
through the time
Battered
across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
New Zealand
Common
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