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battered \battered\ adj.
1. In deplorable condition; as, the battered old Ford station
wagon.

Syn: beat-up, beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down,
dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound.
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2. Hit or pounded repeatedly and violently with heavy blows;
as, a battered old car; antomyn of {unbattered}. [Narrower
terms: {buffeted}; {storm-tossed, tempest-tossed,
tempest-tost, tempest-swept}]
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3. Damaged especially by hard usage. his battered old hat
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4. beaten repeatedly; -- of people; as, a battered child; the
battered woman syndrome; a battered wife.

Syn: beaten.
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buffeted \buffeted\ adj.
struck repeatedly; -- used especially of impact from winds,
and sometimes metaphorically; as, buffeted by criticism.
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Buffet \Buf"fet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Buffeted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Buffeting}.] [OE. buffeten, OF. buffeter. See the
preceding noun.]
1. To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff;
to slap.
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They spit in his face and buffeted him. --Matt.
xxvi. 67.
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2. To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive
with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.
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The sudden hurricane in thunder roars,
Buffets the bark, and whirls it from the shores.
--Broome.
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You are lucky fellows who can live in a dreamland of
your own, instead of being buffeted about the world.
--W. Black.
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3. [Cf. {Buffer}.] To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling
the clapper.
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