1
: damaged or worn down by hard use
a battered old hat
a battered truck
2
: injured by repeated blows
the victim's battered body
a boxer's battered face
3
: subjected to repeated physical abuse
providing help for battered wives/children
… the store turned into an impromptu women's crisis center, where battered women and mothers trying to rescue their daughters from abusive dads gravitated.—
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Topline President Donald Trump and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy have repeatedly blamed the Biden administration for not fixing the country’s battered air traffic control system—when multiple administrations, including his own, have failed to get the job done.
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Opening a battered case, Wheeldon unveiled the prototype, its white body paint chipped—an object not nearly as elaborate as the Bigsby and yet, in light of the Telecasters and Stratocasters to come, possibly more august.
—Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
On Friday, an NBC News team in Gaza captured people moving in search of safety, some driving in battered trucks and others using carts pulled by donkeys, while others fled on foot.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 17 May 2025
With the Dodgers up 16-2 after seven and a half innings, the battered Athletics sent backup catcher Jhonny Pereda to the mound to pitch the bottom of the 8th.
—Brooks Peck, New York Times, 17 May 2025
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Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Opening a battered case, Wheeldon unveiled the prototype, its white body paint chipped—an object not nearly as elaborate as the Bigsby and yet, in light of the Telecasters and Stratocasters to come, possibly more august.
—Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
On Friday, an NBC News team in Gaza captured people moving in search of safety, some driving in battered trucks and others using carts pulled by donkeys, while others fled on foot.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 17 May 2025
With the Dodgers up 16-2 after seven and a half innings, the battered Athletics sent backup catcher Jhonny Pereda to the mound to pitch the bottom of the 8th.
—Brooks Peck, New York Times, 17 May 2025
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“Battered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/battered. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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