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batter

verb

1 he battered his opponent into submission:

pummel, pound, rain blows on, buffet, belabor, thrash, beat up, abuse;

hit, strike, beat, smack, assault, attack, thump, lash, aim blows at;

informal whack, clout, wallop, bash, clobber, bop, biff, sock, deck, plug, knock around, knock into the middle of next week, beat the living daylights out of, give someone a good hiding, lay into, lace into, do over, rough up.

2 the storm had severely battered the pier:

damage, injure, hurt, harm, impair, mar, spoil;

destroy, demolish, crush, shatter, smash, ruin;

informal total, trash.