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• batter — 1. v. 1 a tr. strike repeatedly with hard blows, esp. so as to cause visible damage. b intr. (often foll. by against, at, etc.) strike repeated blows; pound heavily and insistently (batter at the door). 2 tr. (often in passive) a handle roughly,… …   Useful english dictionary

• batter something down — ˌbatter sthˈdown derived to hit sth hard many times until it breaks or comes down • The police had to batter the door down. Main entry: ↑batterderived …   Useful english dictionary

• batter — bat|ter1 [ˈbætə US ər] v [I always + adverb/preposition, T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: batre or English bat to hit ] to hit someone or something again and again, in a way that hurts someone or causes damage ▪ He was battered to death …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• batter — [[t]bæ̱tə(r)[/t]] batters, battering, battered 1) VERB If someone is battered, they are regularity hit and badly hurt by a member of their family or by their partner. [be V ed] ...evidence that the child was being battered. [V n] ...boys who… …   English dictionary

• batter — batter1 /bat euhr/, v.t. 1. to beat persistently or hard; pound repeatedly. 2. to damage by beating or hard usage: Rough roads had battered the car. High winds were battering the coast. v.i. 3. to deal heavy, repeated blows; pound steadily:… …   Universalium

• batter — 01. She finally left her husband after he [battered] her in a drunken rage. 02. The neighbors believe the child is being [battered], and have notified social services. 03. There are too many [battered] wives and children in this country who live… …   Grammatical examples in English

• batter down — PHRASAL VERB If you batter a door down, you hit it so hard that it falls to pieces. [V n P] He would have to batter the door down... [V P n (not pron)] They used lorries to batter down embassy gates …   English dictionary

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