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battered

adjective as in broken-down

adjective as in maimed

adjective as in struck

Strong matches

adjective as in timeworn

adjective as in weather-beaten

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The park also has been battered by storms and typhoons.

Their corner of Ventura County was battered by powerful Santa Ana winds every fall, and those gusts stoked fires that came close but never swept into their hillside community.

But both were battered by relentless opposition from law enforcement and traditional tough-on-crime prosecutors, and they were unfairly blamed for increases in crime.

Ventura County sheriff’s deputies rushed older Moorpark residents in wheelchairs down steep driveways and out of homes, amid orange haze and battered by wind gusts, Key News Network video showed.

Owen’s Blanche, battered by life, looked in desperate need of a good night’s sleep.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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