All batter synonyms
batΒ·ter
B b verb batter
- clobber β You can refer to someone's possessions, especially their clothes, as their clobber.
- mar β to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil: That billboard mars the view. The holiday was marred by bad weather.
- demolish β To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
- pummel β to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
- wreck β any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
- beat β If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- shatter β to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- ruin β ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- injure β to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- bruise β A bruise is an injury which appears as a purple mark on your body, although the skin is not broken.
- cripple β A person with a physical disability or a serious permanent injury is sometimes referred to as a cripple.
- hurt β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- crush β To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
- wallop β to beat soundly; thrash.
- buffet β A buffet is a meal of cold food that is displayed on a long table at a party or public occasion. Guests usually serve themselves from the table.
- smash β to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter: He smashed the vase against the wall.
- pelt β to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles.
- lash β an ocean-going vessel equipped with special cranes and holds for lifting and stowing cargo-carrying barges that can be sailed up inland waterways or into port facilities from offshore.
- destroy β To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- punish β to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
- bash β A bash is a party or celebration, especially a large one held by an official organization or attended by famous people.
- lambaste β to beat or whip severely.
- thrash β to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
- lacerate β to tear roughly; mangle: The barbed wire lacerated his hands.
- mutilate β to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- pommel β a knob, as on the hilt of a sword.
- maul β a heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges.
- contuse β to injure (the body) without breaking the skin; bruise
- deface β If someone defaces something such as a wall or a notice, they spoil it by writing or drawing things on it.
- dash β If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
- pound β Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- disfigure β to mar the appearance or beauty of; deform; deface: Our old towns are increasingly disfigured by tasteless new buildings.
- lame β an ornamental fabric in which metallic threads, as of gold or silver, are woven with silk, wool, rayon, or cotton.
- mangle β to smooth or press with a mangle.
- drub β to beat with a stick or the like; cudgel; flog; thrash.
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- assault β An assault by an army is a strong attack made on an area held by the enemy.
- disable β make not work
- hammer β Armand, 1898β1990, U.S. businessman and art patron.
- bang β If something bangs, it makes a sudden loud noise, once or several times.
- thump β a blow with something thick and heavy, producing a dull sound; a heavy knock.
noun batter
- batsman β The batsman in a game of cricket is the player who is batting.
- hitter β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- dough β flour or meal combined with water, milk, etc., in a mass for baking into bread, cake, etc.; paste of bread.
- concoction β A concoction is something that has been made out of several things mixed together.
- mix β to combine (substances, elements, things, etc.) into one mass, collection, or assemblage, generally with a thorough blending of the constituents.
- mush β a trip or journey, especially across snow and ice with a dog team.
- paste β copy and paste
- preparation β a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one prepares for something: preparations for a journey.
- recipe β suspension