āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
battered
01
āĻā§āϰā§āĻŖ, āĻā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻā§āϰāϏā§āϤ
worn out or damaged due to age or frequent use
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She clutched her battered notebook, filled with years of ideas and sketches.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϰā§āĻŖ āύā§āĻāĻŦā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰ⧠āϧāϰ⧠āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻāϰā§āϰ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āϏā§āĻā§āĻā§ āĻāϰāĻžāĨ¤
02
āĻāĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§āϞāĻžāύā§āϤ, āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§āϞāĻžāύā§āϤ
emotionally or psychologically worn down by repeated hardship, setbacks, or defeat
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After months of layoffs and budget cuts, the staff felt battered and demoralized.
āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāϏā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻāĻā§āϰ āĻĒāϰā§, āĻāϰā§āĻŽā§āϰāĻž āĻā§āϞāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻŦā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03
āύāĻŋāϰā§āϝāĻžāϤāĻŋāϤ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§āϤ
subjected to ongoing physical abuse, often in the context of domestic violence
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Authorities intervened to protect the battered children.
āĻāϰā§āϤā§āĻĒāĻā§āώ āϞāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϰāĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāϏā§āϤāĻā§āώā§āĻĒ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
battered
batter
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