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as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
children battered the piñata until it broke open
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Recent Examples of batter
During a visit in January to parts of North Carolina still left battered by Helene, Trump sharply criticized FEMA and suggested states could manage disaster relief better than the federal government.
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Luke Barr, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2025
The case stems from the death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, whose body was found bruised and battered in the snow on January 29, 2022, outside the home of a fellow officer in the suburb of Canton, Massachusetts.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
The entrances to the Libby building are boarded up, its windows are battered and parts of the structure appear to be crumbling.
—Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
The Dodgers’ lower-leverage relievers got battered.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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Luke Barr, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2025
The case stems from the death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, whose body was found bruised and battered in the snow on January 29, 2022, outside the home of a fellow officer in the suburb of Canton, Massachusetts.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
The entrances to the Libby building are boarded up, its windows are battered and parts of the structure appear to be crumbling.
—Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
The Dodgers’ lower-leverage relievers got battered.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for batter
Verb
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Flames were licking the upper branches of tall trees.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2025
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While investors are licking their wounds from a plunging stock market, and businesses brace for economic fallout, major investment banks are reaping extraordinary profits, according to Wall Street Journal.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Within hours of Hamas’s attack, on October 7th, 2023, Israel began bombing Gaza.—
Colin Jones,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2025
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New York’s No. 1 romantic love bombs his new squeeze with grocery deliveries and an in-home masseuse visit, and Kate watches from the street as a pants-less Bronte runs out to tip the masseuse, who assures her that Joe Goldberg covered it all.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Russia pounded Kyiv in an hourslong barrage Thursday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 87 in its deadliest assault on the Ukrainian capital since July.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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For those interested in exploring opportunities in the legal cannabis space, pounding the pavement can be a heady process.—
Iris Dorbian,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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In Russia, one individual was injured in the Belgorod region after shelling, the AFP reported.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
23 Apr. 2025
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Raw shelled eggs were stored above lemons inside a walk-in refrigerator.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacramento Bee,
21 Mar. 2025
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Verdugo lashed hard line drives in his first two at-bats with the Braves, off Twins pitcher Chris Paddack.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Apr. 2025
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A day after his remarks, the president lashed out against the Fed chair.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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The White House has batted away reports the Trump administration is looking for a new Secretary of Defense after fresh controversy swirled around incumbent Pete Hegseth and his handling of sensitive military information.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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Sheets played first base and batted second in place of Arraez and went 2-for-4 with a home run.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2025
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That means the weather was ripe for fire, and wind gusts of up to 25 miles per hour quickly whipped the fire toward inhabited areas.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
23 Apr. 2025
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Those already on the skating rink floor are showing off their skills: doing tricks (sometimes with a partner), two-stepping to the beat and whipping their bodies into turns that seem impossible.—
Kailyn Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Unfortunately, the cause of the odor is often hidden.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2025
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Liv is forced to break up with her human fiancé, Major (Robert Buckley) to avoid infecting him, and becomes estranged from her best friend and roommate Peyton (Aly Michalka), hiding her new zombie nature from both.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Batter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/batter. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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