batters Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- works-over
- paddles
- tromps
- storms
- spanks
- tans
- threshes
- flogs
- swipes
- slams
- drubs
- raids
- clubs
- curries
- switches
- bludgeons
- lambastes
- wallops
- swats
- thumps
- whacks
- punches-out
- smashes
- hammers
- slogs
- laces
- slates
- thrashes
- wounds
- lathers
- pummels
- chops
- bashes
- bastes
- whaps
- belabors
- buffets
- lambasts
- boxes
- pommels
- fibs
- belts
- whales
- does
- smacks
- mauls
Weak:
- descends-on-or-upon-
- messes-up-
- pistol-whips
- whops
- beats-up-on
- pastes
- clobbers
- maims
- assails
- straps
- rushes
- clouts
- jumps-on-
- leathers
- scourges
- horsewhips
- cudgels
- flagellates
- busts
- cracks
- roughs-up-
- pounces-on-or-upon-
- whams
- whups
- mangles
- gores
- thwacks
- besets
- blackjacks
- bungs-up
- lays-on
- mutilates
- lacerates
- canes
- socks
- rawhides
- lams
- birches
- whomps
- cuffs
batters Meaning
batters
to wear down or injure by hard use, to coat with a mixture (as of flour and egg) for frying, to commit battery against another, to give a receding upward slope to (something, such as a wall), a mixture consisting chiefly of flour, egg, and milk or water and being thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon, one that strikes or hits a ball with a bat, the player whose turn it is to bat, to wear or damage by hard usage or blows, to commit battery against (someone), a mixture (as of flour and egg) used as a coating for food that is to be fried, a receding upward slope of the outer face of a wall or other structure, to beat with repeated violent blows, one that bats, to subject to strong, overwhelming, or repeated attack, an instance of battering (see batter entry 1), bombard, the baseball player at bat, to strike something heavily and repeatedly, to beat with successive blows so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish, a thin mixture chiefly of flour and liquid beaten together
batters Sentence Examples
- The heavy rain battered the city streets, causing widespread flooding.
- The battering ram relentlessly pounded against the castle walls.
- The batter's helmet protected his head from fast-flying baseballs.
- The waves battered the rocky shoreline, carving out deep crevices.
- The boxer's fists battered his opponent's face into a bloody pulp.
- The battering wind tore at the loose branches of the trees.
- The thunderstorm battered the old farmhouse, rattling the windows and doors.
- The battering of the storm lasted for hours, leaving behind a trail of destruction.
- The battering of the keys on the old typewriter created a rhythmic sound.
- The battering of the hammer against the anvil echoed through the blacksmith's workshop.
FAQs About the word batters
to wear down or injure by hard use, to coat with a mixture (as of flour and egg) for frying, to commit battery against another, to give a receding upward slope
lashes, beats, bats, hides, slaps, attacks, knocks, pounds, assaults,licks
No antonyms found.
The heavy rain battered the city streets, causing widespread flooding.
The battering ram relentlessly pounded against the castle walls.
The batter's helmet protected his head from fast-flying baseballs.
The waves battered the rocky shoreline, carving out deep crevices.
