battered

adjective

bat·​tered ˈba-tərd How to pronounce battered (audio)
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

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Green Bay will need a healthier Love against a Rams team that’s battered but feisty. Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024 Mother and daughter live in a small room with a bed, a sink, and a battered chest of drawers. Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024 Thomas also samples a dish called tacos three ways that features a fish taco made up of battered cod with lemon and pickled red onion. The Editors, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024 Among the list of battered restaurants: Red Lobster, Buca di Beppo, Hawkers Asian Street Food, Tijuana Flats and Roti. Joel Mathis, theweek, 29 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for battered 

Word History

First Known Use

1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of battered was in 1593

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“Battered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/battered. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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