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• 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 — I v 1. beat, beat up, pound, lay on, pommel, pummel, thrash, trounce, pelt, Sl. paste, Sl. clobber, Archaic. belabor; maul, manhandle, rough up, Sl. knock around or about, Sl. give one the works; smite, hit, strike, slap, smack, cuff, buffet,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• batter — Synonyms and related words: Beau Brummel, abuse, albumen, amateur athlete, archer, assault, athlete, attack, ballplayer, bang, barbarize, baseballer, baseman, bash, baste, battery, beat, beat up, belabor, blocking back, bombard, bonnyclabber,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• batter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. smash, beat, pound. See destruction, impulse. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [One who bats] Syn. hitter, batsman, pinch hitter, designated hitter, switch hitter, player, man who is up, man at the plate,… …   English dictionary for students

• batter — verb they took turns battering the effigy Syn: pummel, pound, hit repeatedly, buffet, thrash, beat up, clobber, trounce, rain blows on; informal knock around/about, beat the living daylights out of, give someone a good hiding, lay into, lace into …   Thesaurus of popular words

• batter — verb Syn: beat up, hit repeatedly, pummel, pound, rain blows on, buffet, belabour, thrash; informal knock about/around, lay into, do over …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• Stony Batter — is a historic defence installation at the northeastern end of Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand. It is sited within a 50 acre (200,000 m²) scenic reserve of the same name, owned by the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC). The park… …   Wikipedia

• knock around — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To be rough or brutal with: manhandle, rough (up), slap around. Slang: mess up. See ATTACK, STRIKE. 2. To injure or damage, as by abuse or heavy wear: batter, mangle1, maul, rough up. See ATTACK, HELP, STRIKE. 3.… …   English dictionary for students

• pitch around — verb To intentionally throw pitches which are slightly out of the strike zone, hoping that the batter will swing wildly at a pitch, but assuming that you will walk him Jones pitched around the slugger …   Wiktionary

• knock someone/something about/around — BEAT (UP), batter, hit, punch, thump, thrash, slap; maltreat, mistreat, abuse, ill treat, assault, attack; N. Amer …   Useful english dictionary

• Illawarra escarpment — The Illawarra Escarpment is the fold created cliffs and plateau/ eroded outcrop mountain range west of the Illawarra coastal plain south of Sydney, Australia, enclosing the region known as the Illawarra which stretches from Stanwell Park in the… …   Wikipedia