battered
ba
ˈbÃĻ
bā
ttered
tɜrd
tērd
/bˈÃĻtəd/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "battered"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻœā§€āĻ°ā§āĻŖ, āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ

worn out or damaged due to age or frequent use
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She clutched her battered notebook, filled with years of ideas and sketches.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻœā§€āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āύ⧋āϟāĻŦ⧁āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āĻšā§‡ āĻ­āϰāĻžāĨ¤
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āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ—āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ, āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ

emotionally or psychologically worn down by repeated hardship, setbacks, or defeat
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After months of layoffs and budget cuts, the staff felt battered and demoralized.
āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻžāρāϟāĻžāχ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāĻœā§‡āϟ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻ›āĻžāρāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϰāĻž āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϤāĻŋāϤ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§ƒāϤ

subjected to ongoing physical abuse, often in the context of domestic violence
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Authorities intervened to protect the battered children.
āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤ⧃āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ āϞāĻžāĻžā§āĻ›āĻŋāϤ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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