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battered

bat·te·red

UK/ˈbætəd/ US/ˈbætəɹd/ fairly common informal

adjective

1.

damaged by blows or hard usage

  • “a battered old car”
  • “the beaten-up old Ford”
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2.

damaged especially by hard usage

  • “his battered old hat”
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3.

beaten repeatedly with heavy blows

  • “a battered child”
  • “the battered woman syndrome”
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Origin

From batter + -ed.

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