battered
Example Sentences
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Strong winds battered the country from Saturday afternoon through the night, with the Met Office recording a top wind speed of 73mph in Buchan, Aberdeenshire.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
By early 1942 the nation was battered, no doubt, and after years of hard conflict and rationing of food supplies, its citizens were somewhat bowed down.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Shares have been battered ever since Super Micro’s co-founder and two others linked to the company were charged with illegally smuggling chips to China.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
Don’t miss: The world’s largest natural-gas complex is now battered.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026
The little boat shuddered and swayed, and then they were past whatever it was and only the hurricane battered them.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.