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   bat·tered

   /ˈbadərd/

   adjective

   • 1. injured by repeated blows or punishment: "he finished the day battered and bruised"
   • ▪ having suffered repeated violence from a spouse, partner, or parent: "a battered wife" Similar beatenassaultedthrashedhitthumpedabusedmaltreatedill-treatedmistreatedmisusedvictimizeddowntroddentyrannized
   • ▪ (of a thing) damaged by age and repeated use; shabby: "a pair of battered black boots" Similar damagedshabbyrun downworn outfalling to piecesfalling apartdilapidatedricketyramshacklecrumblingdecayedantiquatedsuperannuatedthe worse for wearon its last legsinformal:rumpty

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • B

     3

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • D

     2

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