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battered
1/ ˈæə /
adjective
subjected to persistent physical violence, esp by a close relative living in the same house
a battered baby
battered
2/ ˈæə /
adjective
coated in batter
a battered cod
Example Sentences
That was last year’s hopeful mantra for entertainment industry pros battered by layoffs and limited film and TV production.
“Something I was really drawn to write about is that, in the end, they didn’t save her,” Horgan says of the battered Grace, played by Anne-Marie Duff.
And he promised to use Washington’s power to pursue justice, which eventually led to a federal trial of the officers who battered King.
The fake accounts scandal cost Wells Fargo billions of dollars in fines and and battered its reputation.
To Hamill — one of Hollywood’s most outspoken and sharp-tongued Trump critics — the country itself feels battered, just months into a second term he sees as a dangerous backslide.
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