01 adj. In deplorable condition; as, the battered old Ford station wagon.
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1.
In deplorable condition; as, the battered old Ford station wagon.
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2.
Hit or pounded repeatedly and violently with heavy blows; as, a battered old car; antomyn of unbattered.
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3.
Damaged especially by hard usage.
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4.
beaten repeatedly; -- of people; as, a battered child; the battered woman syndrome; a battered wife.
Syn.
beat-up, beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound. — Syn. -- beaten.