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battered





ADJECTIVE
maimed
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK




ADJECTIVE
struck
Synonyms








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But this current campaign has left Sale battered and bruised and those foundations severely tested.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

David Baerwald holds up his most precious possession so that it’s visible on our video conference: a very old violin in a very old, battered case.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Investors enter the new week battered by a market selloff that left few places to hide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

"For the next week we just had tuna every day, it was a bit like Forrest Gump and the shrimp, we had curried tuna, fried tuna, battered tuna, beer-battered tuna, raw tuna."

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

And I knew, in an instant, that this was not the same boy who had been coming to us with his battered old suitcase all these weeks.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant




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