Thesaurus results for BATTERED

battered

verb

Definition of battered

past tense of batter

as in pounded

to strike repeatedly children battered the piñata until it broke open

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as in bombed

to use bombs or artillery against planes battered the city for weeks

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Recent Examples of battered Some of those rescued are covered in mud and appear injured after being battered by the flood, one video shows. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026 The war has already battered Iran’s economy and inflicted mounting pain on ordinary people. — David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Earlier this month as a hurricane, the outer bands of Lala battered Hawaii and caused destructive flooding. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, thousands in Indiana remain without power nearly two weeks after storms battered the state. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026 Potential damage from Tropical Storm Moke is set to occur less than a week after Hurricane Lala battered the islands. — Chandelis Duster, NPR, 23 Aug. 2026 Now officials are warning that another storm system could hit areas already battered by the hurricane. — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026 Sometimes they're called certain things or pushed or battered. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 As monstrous storms battered Central Indiana this week, severe flooding forced some Indianapolis residents out of their homes and into the water. — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 15 Aug. 2026

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Verb

The team's official drumline, The Pack, pounded on illuminated drums during quarter breaks, while Skye, the team's sassy, blue-haired lioness mascot, jumped onto the T-shirt cannon to launch souvenir merchandise high into stadium seats.

— Odette Yousef, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026
Rodriguez pounded the strike zone, issuing his only walk in the sixth inning.

— Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of pounded

Verb

Hmeimin served as a hub for Syrian warplanes that repeatedly bombed anti-Assad opposition groups, killing several civilians and destroying large parts of Syria’s infrastructure, including hospitals and medical facilities, in the process.

— Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Targets for violence For example, Bethel Baptist Church and its parsonage in Birmingham, Alabama, were bombed three times.

— Jason Wollschleger, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of bombed

Verb

Tuxedo kitten Paolina bounced onto my chest and licked my fingers.

— Solvej Schou, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Her entire face got licked clean off her head when suburban floodwaters breached the cardboard hull protecting Kath’s basement memorabilia stack a few months before I was born.

— Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of licked

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But the university’s recent actions in a lawsuit filed by a former student who was attacked on campus during that period appear at odds with that commitment.

— Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 28 Aug. 2026
Not long after Bungalow 8 opened, the World Trade Center was attacked.

— Derek C. Blasberg, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of attacked

Verb

Workers lashed the broad branches together with steel cables and chains.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
The fight intensified Sunday when Mark Goldfeder, head of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, lashed out at Bonta and suggested California’s top law enforcement official was doing Ruffalo’s bidding by filing the antitrust lawsuit.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of lashed

Verb

Deploying everything from pickled green strawberries and fresh peas to whipped labneh with Banyul vinegar glaze, artful Viennoiserie evokes more than a little whimsy that spans sweet and savory.

— The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026
If a recipe calls for 1 cup (unwhipped) whipping cream, substitute 2 cups whipped dessert topping, such as Cool Whip.

— Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of whipped

Verb

Snow crews had to leap into action early Wednesday at the Kansas City Downtown Airport – Wheeler Field after thunderstorms pelted the airport and covered it taxiways with several inches of hail.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
The boat bobs, wind fills your plastic poncho like a balloon, you’re pelted with water, and the only conceivable reaction is to grip the railing and shriek with delight.

— Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of pelted

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