batterer
One who beats
A batterer is someone who beats another person repeatedly, typically in a domestic context.
The word almost always appears in discussions of intimate partner violence: a convicted batterer, batterer intervention programs.
It emphasizes a pattern of abuse rather than a single incident.
One who strikes first
- perpetratorOne who commits wrongdoing
- aggressorOne who initiates conflict
- assaultViolent offensive act
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
bruises · injuries · prosecution · charges · arrest · conviction · sentence · prison
One harmed by another
- survivorOne still alive after
- shelterProtected place or structure
- gaslightingManipulation causing self-doubt
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
isolation · intimidation · jealousy · possessiveness · entitlement · intervention · counseling · recidivism
attacker
One who strikes first
- perpetratorOne who commits wrongdoing
- aggressorOne who initiates conflict
- assaultViolent offensive act
beating · bruises · injuries · prosecution · charges · arrest · conviction · sentence · prison · parole
victim
One harmed by another
- survivorOne still alive after
- shelterProtected place or structure
- gaslightingManipulation causing self-doubt
manipulation · isolation · intimidation · jealousy · possessiveness · entitlement · intervention · counseling · recidivism · escalation
frying
Cooking in shallow fat
coating · breading · crispy · golden · pan-fried · kitchen · cookware · utensil
- lawbreakersthief, robber, burglar, vandal, smuggler
- rule breakersrulebreaker, transgressor, violator, offender, lawbreaker
- domestic abusedomestic violence, spousal abuse, wife beating, intimate partner violence, coercive control
- abusersabuser, beater, brutalizer, bully, child abuser
- Aggressorsaggressor, attacker, invader, assailant, warmonger
- attackersaggressor, assailant, attacker, assaulter, ambusher
batterervictim
One harmed by another
survivor · target · abused · injured party
- low batteryInsufficient stored power
- dead batteryExhausted power source
- battery lifeDevice's charge longevity
- car batteryVehicle's electrical storage unit
- cake batterRaw dessert mixture
- dead batteriesExhausted power sources
battery, batter, battered, batteries, battering, batters, batterers