Synonyms for battered
bat·tered

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1. battered, beat-up, beaten-upadjective

   damaged by blows or hard usage

   "a battered old car"; "the beaten-up old Ford"

   Synonyms:
   beat-up, beaten-up

   Antonyms:
   new, unabused, undamaged

2. batteredadjective

   damaged especially by hard usage

   "his battered old hat"

   Synonyms:
   beat-up, beaten-up

   Antonyms:
   new, undamaged, unabused

3. batteredadjective

   exhibiting symptoms resulting from repeated physical and emotional injury

   "a battered child"; "the battered woman syndrome"

   Synonyms:
   beat-up, beaten-up

   Antonyms:
   new, unabused, undamaged

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1. List of paraphrases for "battered":

   beaten, abused, ill-treated, shattered, shell-battered, mistreated, maltreated, wrecked

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1. unknown:

   Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripples ourselves with lies.

2. Jose Baez:

   While it is clear from the video that De'Andre Johnson was not the initial aggressor, his family wants to take the lead in helping him learn and grow from this experience. He is currently participating in community service, and faith-based programs focused on battered women, substance abuse, and the empowerment of children, de'Andre is extremely embarrassed by this situation and would like to express his heartfelt apologies to everyone, including those who were directly affected, coach Fisher and his teammates, the entire Florida State University community, as well as his family and friends.

3. Mike Koval:

   Once inside the home the subject involved in this incident -- the same one allegedly out in traffic and that had battered someone -- assaulted my officer, ...The officer did draw his revolver and subsequently shot the subject.

4. Virginia:

   One likes people much better when they're battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph.

5. Hassan Umar:

   It was an eyesore looking at the scene which is littered with chopped flesh and battered bodies of victims, about 16 bodies were evacuated from the scene while over 30 persons were injured. Most casualties were children hawking sachets of water and peanuts. Some were begging for alms.