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battered

1

/ ˈæə /

adjective

  1. subjected to persistent physical violence, esp by a close relative living in the same house

    a battered baby

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


battered

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/ ˈæə /

adjective

  1. coated in batter

    a battered cod

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Australia's eastern states have been battered by dangerous waves.

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Take cornmeal: an ingredient most often associated with warm-weather classics like battered fish or cornbread.

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The passages recounting her shattered emotional state and her understandable fear of the sedatives that were administered to calm her, are terrifying in their battered simplicity and clarity of purpose.

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Playoffs that could end with a battered yellow fire helmet perched atop Lord Stanley’s Cup.

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In a church basement in Illinois, someone cracks four eggs into a bowl of spaghetti, then folds the mixture into a battered casserole dish.

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