batter down

phrase

: use force to open or break down

He tried to batter down the door by kicking it.

Examples of batter down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In late March, a gang used a tractor to batter down a fence before two masked burglars broke into the Magnani Rocca Foundation, a private museum about 12 miles from the northern Italian city of Parma. — Willem Marx, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026

Advertisement Drysdale was also one of the last of the breed of pitchers who weren’t afraid to knock a batter down with a pitch to get his point across. — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023

The man knows his stuff, from the batter down to the fresh and crispy pickles. — Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 25 May 2022

In public, as an eminence gris, Jordan used charm to batter down doors. — Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2021

Rhymes for batter down

• chinatown
• tumbledown
• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown