Thesaurus results for BATTERED

battered

verb

Definition of battered

past tense of batter

as in pounded

to strike repeatedly children battered the piñata until it broke open

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as in bombed

to use bombs or artillery against planes battered the city for weeks

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Recent Examples of battered Hurricane Fiona had battered the town in September 2022, on record as the worst tropical storm ever to hit Canada. — Paul Theroux, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026 Not long after Tung took office in 1997, Hong Kong’s economy was battered by a financial crisis that swept across Asia. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026 The Houthis may likewise see economic leverage as a way to bolster a movement long battered by war. — Mahad D. Darar, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026 The structure was battered by winds estimated at 145 to 150 mph. — Hank Tester, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 Newcastle were not only beaten, but they were also bullied and battered into submission — physically overpowered and outplayed in every facet. — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Close in, a comet is battered by the torrent of the sun's solar wind, which pushes the comet's material away into a distinctive tail. — Rahul Rao, Space.com, 14 Sep. 2026 From the first frame of Pugh as Cathy, dragging herself, bloody and battered, across a field to the Trask house, there is very little doubt that this is not your grandfather’s East of Eden. — Allison P. Davis, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026 Kevin Fujii / Honolulu Civil Beat via AP Other islands were also battered, including Oahu, where maximum wind gusts topped 50 mph. — Liz Kreutz, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026

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Verb

The chicken is pounded thin before cooking and, at Le Flâneur, is served with Picholine olives, tomato, arugula, and Parmesan.

— Colleen McNally Arnett, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2026
Russian overnight strikes also pounded western Ukraine, though there were no immediate reports of casualties.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of pounded

Verb

Most of these were later destroyed when the family house was bombed during the Lebanese Civil War of 1975.

— Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
In 2025, American and Israeli forces had bombed Iran’s nuclear-enrichment facilities, which Western leaders said were engaged in a decades-long drive to develop a nuclear weapon.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of bombed

Verb

Tuxedo kitten Paolina bounced onto my chest and licked my fingers.

— Solvej Schou, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Her entire face got licked clean off her head when suburban floodwaters breached the cardboard hull protecting Kath’s basement memorabilia stack a few months before I was born.

— Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of licked

Verb

The two bears had been involved in an incident in which two of Grazer’s 2024 cubs were attacked by Chunk after falling over a waterfall.

— Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2026
Soon after, Anthropic revealed that its own stress testers attacked three companies too.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of attacked

Verb

Trump has also lashed out at individual reporters in person or over social media, sometimes in strikingly personal terms -- insulting them in briefings, or in his recent speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
Trump has also lashed out at individual reporters in person or over social media, sometimes in strikingly personal terms.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of lashed

Verb

After learning that Manchester whipped Maggie with a cat-o’-nine-tails, Lizzie agrees to help the Borden family’s maid kill her.

— Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
That sort of whipped, inswinging ball from Slater that caused so much havoc is hugely familiar to avid Premier League watchers.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of whipped

Verb

This year, rain pelted the ground and the side of the building during the ceremony.

— Miles J. Herszenhorn, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
Damaging winds and heavy rains from Hurricane Lowell pelted Hawaii's western islands early Tuesday, knocking out power, damaging roads and buildings and bringing the threat of flash floods and mudslides.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of pelted

Verb

On a recent weekend in Lee's district about 50 days before the election, members from the Culinary Union, the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations knocked on voters' doors, hoping to sway those still undecided.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
In the fifth round, the champion landed a powerful right-hand punch that knocked Pantoja down.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

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