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batter
Synonyms and Antonyms of batter
- Firefighters battered the door until it came down.
assail, assault, attack, beset, box, bust, chop, clobber, clout, crack, cudgel, cuff, descend (on or upon), hit, jump (on), knock, lam, lay on, paste, pounce (on or upon), punch, raid, rush, slam, slap, smack, smash, sock, spank, storm, swat, swipe, thwack, whack, wham, whomp
blackjack, cane, cowhide, flagellate, horsewhip, leather, pistol-whip, rawhide, scourge, strap
beat up on
Synonym Discussion of batter
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- maimed by a shark
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- crippled for life in an accident
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- a tree mutilated by inept pruning
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- an old ship battered by fierce storms
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- a soldier's leg mangled by shrapnel
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