Verb (used with object) : Rough roads had battered the car. High winds were battering the coast. From Dictionary.com.
For months they have attempted to do it in battering their way to Calais. From Wordnik.com. [Belgium's Heroic Resistance] Reference
The lower half of the peninsula received a substantial battering from a big September hurricane. From Wordnik.com. [silly newbie w/passport & transport needs camping companion] Reference
The two first were called battering pieces or siege-guns. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
He might get a mask made in that pattern, indeed, and the little boys were delighted with the idea of battering it. From Wordnik.com. [The Last of the Peterkins With Others of Their Kin] Reference
That ` s what you call the battering ram. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 25, 2007] Reference
We have got a couple of hurricanes that are kind of battering that ridge. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 8, 2005] Reference
Difficult to believe I know with the kind of battering it has taken, but obviously the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2003] Reference
Sunday, promising to build "a new Zimbabwe" and urging supporters to end the "battering" from President Robert Mugabe's rule. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
I could hear the thunder of some kind of battering-ram on the door at the foot of the stair. From Wordnik.com. [Jimgrim and Allah's Peace] Reference
He will tell world leaders that he UK's reputation on the world stage has taken a 'battering'. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Evidently the Fung were breaking down the farther bronze doors with some kind of battering-ram. From Wordnik.com. [Queen Sheba's Ring] Reference
The kids began "battering" the "main-stem" for "light pieces," or, in other words, begging for money on the main street. From Wordnik.com. [Road-Kids and Gay-Cats] Reference
'battering' it 'with the shocks of doom,' but all for the one purpose. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII] Reference
He has a battering ram of power-authors on his side. From Wordnik.com. [Matt Stewart: When Titans Collide] Reference
Simpson seemed almost shellshocked by the battering. From Wordnik.com. [Simpson Speaks] Reference
Hardly a week passed without shells battering his position. From Wordnik.com. [Reassessing The Damage] Reference
It wasn't the first time he has been accused of battering Abell. From Wordnik.com. [A Terrible Connection] Reference
Worse, the company won only a points victory - and took a PR battering. From Wordnik.com. [A Pyrrhic Mcvictory] Reference
"" This is a woman I love today, '' he said, while denying any battering. From Wordnik.com. [Taking His Stand] Reference
After repeated calls for her resignation and six years of battering from the G.O.P. From Wordnik.com. [All The President's Books] Reference
The outlaws hijacked vehicles, including a bus, for use as barricades and battering rams. From Wordnik.com. [In Mexico's Nuevo Laredo, drug cartels dictate media coverage] Reference
The highly protective helmets of today simply encourage players to become battering rams. From Wordnik.com. [Sports world knocked for a loop] Reference
Meanwhile, however, the Union is mercilessly battering Poland's farmers in the marketplace. From Wordnik.com. [A Bumper Crop Of Despair] Reference
The urgency of the crisis -- a battering ram against bureaucratic inertia -- is wearing off. From Wordnik.com. [Six Months On, The Fog Of War] Reference
Prosecution: (3 gavels) Darden and Clark went straight at the jury, battering O. J.'s image. From Wordnik.com. [Trial Scorecard] Reference
His press had turned brutal, a daily battering for his business practices and his gum-shoeing. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero] Reference
Far from blessing the meek, the administration has spent far more time battering and bashing them. From Wordnik.com. [Bush of Galilee] Reference
What is striking, in other words, is not the current battering of the producers but of the consumers. From Wordnik.com. [Prohibition Redux] Reference
Real would love to steal some of those customers away, says Taylor, and "the battering ram is Beckham.". From Wordnik.com. [The Team Money Built] Reference
It is, for example, battering an ancient distinction: the difference between traded and nontraded products. From Wordnik.com. [There Is No Trade Debate] Reference
When HIV arrived, in 1986, it had been battering other countries for five years, and its dynamics were well known. From Wordnik.com. [A Deadly Passage To India] Reference
Considering the battering they must have endured, it is something of a miracle that any of these operations remain. From Wordnik.com. [It's All About the Bike: The Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels by Robert Penn] Reference
If they're right, the battering that parental wallets take this year will be nothing compared to what's in store in '94. From Wordnik.com. [The Christmas Revels] Reference
The environment is likely to emerge as a big issue over the next two years, which means Whitman will take more of a battering. From Wordnik.com. [Whitman: Enough Is Enough?] Reference
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