Synonyms of battered

battered

verb

past tense of batter

1

as in pounded

to strike repeatedly

children battered the piñata until it broke open

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pounded
• lashed
• licked
• whipped
• pelted
• attacked
• smashed
• knocked
• beat
• assaulted
• slapped
• thumped
• mauled
• pummeled
• punched
• spanked
• buffeted
• hit
• bashed
• slammed
• thrashed
• chopped
• hammered
• bludgeoned
• batted
• hided
• walloped
• did
• tanned
• wounded
• pummelled
• smacked
• clubbed
• whacked
• paddled
• curried
• boxed
• flogged
• raided
• lathered
• laced
• belted
• whupped
• punched out
• drubbed
• cracked
• worked over
• swiped
• slogged
• belabored
• whaled
• lambasted
• birched
• switched
• stormed
• tromped
• slated
• basted
• threshed
• whapped
• clobbered
• whopped
• pommeled
• socked
• strapped
• pommelled
• fibbed
• assailed
• beat up on
• lacerated
• pasted
• leathered
• swatted
• clouted
• rushed
• bunged up
• cuffed
• mangled
• busted
• thwacked
• beset
• mutilated
• cudgelled
• laid on
• flagellated
• caned
• scourged
• maimed
• horsewhipped
• roughed (up)
• gored
• whomped
• lammed
• pistol-whipped
• cudgeled
• messed (up)
• whammed
• bust
• blackjacked
• cowhided
• rawhided
• descended (on or upon)
• fustigated
• jumped (on)
• pounced (on or upon)

2

as in bombed

to use bombs or artillery against

planes battered the city for weeks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bombed
• attacked
• ravaged
• bombarded
• shelled
• blitzed
• pounded
• cannonaded
• assaulted
• blitzkrieged
• strafed
• raked
• assailed
• hit
• devastated
• enfiladed
• struck