battered

adjective

bat·​tered ˈba-tərd 

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

Examples of battered in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Alaska National Guard airlifted more than 600 people out of the battered region. —Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025

To wrap up the night, the Falcons will visit the battered 49ers on Sunday Night Football. —Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025

The movie brings back Hemsworth’s Rake, who is tasked with a new mission — rescuing the battered family of a ruthless Georgian gangster from the prison where they are being held. —Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025

Some rooms held battered bed frames or operating tables. —Jen Rose Smith, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing battered

• battered child syndrome
• battered woman syndrome

Rhymes for battered

• backscattered
• chattered
• clattered
• flattered
• mattered
• pattered
• scattered
• shattered
• spattered
• splattered
• tattered