Definition: 1. Old, used a lot, and not in very good condition. 2. Damaged by blows or hard usage. 3. Damaged especially by hard usage. 4. Beaten repeatedly with heavy blows.
Use 'battered' in a sentence:
1. The heavy waves battered the ship to pieces.
2. But will the battered country hold together?
3. The fireman finally battered the door down.
4. Tornadoes battered the area, but the hospital was spared.
5. The engine was badly battered.
6. Police battered down the door of the thieves'hide-out.
7. Read about the return of some confidence to battered markets.
8. They rescued him, then winched on board his battered dinghy.
9. The shopping carts are battered cast-offs from other stores.
10. It's a shelter for battered women.
11. The other wore a battered hat, his face hid in its shadow.
12. A battered old hat.
13. But China's own economy is being battered by the turmoil.
14. A karate expert battered a man to death.
15. Greek politicians are feeling battered, too.
16. That night I was battered and bloodied but elated.
17. These photos have been folded and battered in the post.
18. He drove up in a battered old car.
19. The car must have been battered about in the race.
20. Battered pine floors slanted down to a Georgian window.
21. He battered her around the head.
22. A tearful husband repeated calls for help in catching the fiend who battered his wife.
23. The country has been battered by winds of between fifty and seventy miles an hour.
24. Thousands are desperately trying to leave their battered homes and villages.
25. He had been badly battered about the head and face.
26. She battered up her car in the accident.
27. It was a big black battered hearse& like automobile. There were three men in it.
28. The falling rocks battered the roof of the house.
29. The heart battered like a fist against the chest wall.
30. Enemy fire battered the walls of the fort.
31. He had been badly battered around the head and face.
32. He was battered unconscious.
33. Eventually Suzanne fled to a refuge for battered women.
34. Somebody had battered her to death.
35. The passengers were battered by flying luggage and cargo as the cabin lost pressure.
36. She battered at the door with her fists.
37. Rockets and shells continued to hit the battered port.
38. Her battered body was discovered in a field.
39. Frank Mariano negotiates the desert terrain in his battered pickup.
40. He pulled on a battered old crash helmet with a scratched visor.
