Battered vs. Bludgeoned — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Battered and Bludgeoned
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Battered
To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows.
Bludgeoned
A short heavy club, usually of wood, that is thicker or loaded at one end.
Battered
To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse.
Bludgeoned
To hit with a heavy club or similar blunt instrument.
Battered
To damage, as by heavy wear
A shed battered by high winds.
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Bludgeoned
To strike with strong force
"The fields were often baked by the sun and bludgeoned by savage thunderstorms" (Linda Hasselstrom).
Battered
To attack verbally, as with criticism.
Bludgeoned
To overcome, often by intimidation or coercion.
Battered
To harass or distress, as with repeated questions.
Bludgeoned
Simple past tense and past participle of bludgeon
Battered
To deliver repeated heavy blows; pound
Battered on the door with both fists.
Battered
To coat in batter
Battered the vegetables and then fried them.
Battered
To construct so as to create an upwardly receding slope.
Battered
A damaged area on the face of type or on a plate.
Battered
A liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, milk, and eggs, used in cooking.
Battered
A slope, as of the outer face of a wall, that recedes from bottom to top.
Battered
Simple past tense and past participle of batter
Battered
Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered.
Battered
Beaten repeatedly or consistently; beaten up.
Battered
(cooking) Coated with batter noun.
Battered
In deplorable condition; as, the battered old Ford station wagon.
Battered
Hit or pounded repeatedly and violently with heavy blows; as, a battered old car; antomyn of unbattered.
Battered
Damaged especially by hard usage.
Battered
Beaten repeatedly; - of people; as, a battered child; the battered woman syndrome; a battered wife.
Battered
Damaged by blows or hard usage;
A battered old car
The beaten-up old Ford
Battered
Damaged especially by hard usage;
His battered old hat
Battered
Beaten repeatedly with heavy blows;
A battered child
The battered woman syndrome
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