battered
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In a vision of pirates at sea, waves crashed against the ship at this point, and pirates battened down the hatches at that point.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
She said he battened onto “clichés, stock phrases” and the slogans of the Nazi state.
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025
With Saturday expected to be stormy over most of the state, outdoor holiday parties have been canceled and outside decorations that aren’t battened down might just blow away.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2023
Their farm animals — Delilah, a pig; Comet, a miniature donkey; and Star, a miniature horse — were battened down in their pens and rode out the storm safely.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2023
Thoughts she did not like wormed in from the sides, from beneath, through the cracks, from places she had battened down.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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"Heart of Darkness," Vocabulary from the novella
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