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batter

verb
  1. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows: assail, assault, baste, beat, belabor, buffet, drub, hammer, pound, pummel, smash, thrash, thresh. Informal: lambaste. Slang: clobber. Idiom: rain blows on. See attack, strike
  2. To injure or damage, as by abuse or heavy wear: knock about or around , mangle 1, maul, rough up. See attack, help, strike
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