Definition of battered
1
:damaged or worn down by hard use
- a battered old hat
- a battered truck
2
:injured by repeated blows
- the victim's battered body
- a boxer's battered face
3
:subjected to repeated physical abuse
- providing help for battered wives/children
- … the store turned into an impromptu women's crisis center, where battered women and mothers trying to rescue their daughters from abusive dads gravitated.
- —Donna Minkowitz
