battering
Relentless heavy blows
Battering is sustained, repeated hitting—usually of a person.
The word appears most often in contexts of domestic violence: She endured years of battering before leaving.
A battering can also be metaphorical damage: The company took a battering in the press.
To take a battering is to be badly beaten or harshly criticized.
Repeated striking or pulsing
- pummelingSustained striking attack
- violenceHarmful physical force
- attackAggressive act against another
- abuseCruel or violent treatment
aggression · brutality · victim · trauma · injury · harm · force · defense
Traveling energy disturbances
- windAir current outdoors
- coastlineLand-water boundary
- cliffVertical rock wall
- weatheringAtmospheric breakdown of materials
abrasion · storm · rocks · shoreline · undercutting · sediment · tides · surf
Cruel or violent treatment
- victimOne harmed by another
- survivorOne still alive after
- spouseMarried partner
- partnerOne who shares activity
intimate · cycle · shelter · intervention · hotline · reporting · perpetrator · escalation
beating
Repeated striking or pulsing
- pummelingSustained striking attack
- violenceHarmful physical force
- attackAggressive act against another
abuse · aggression · brutality · victim · trauma · injury · harm · force · defense · struggle
waves
Traveling energy disturbances
weathering · abrasion · storm · rocks · shoreline · undercutting · sediment · tides · surf · breakers
abuse
Cruel or violent treatment
partner · intimate · cycle · shelter · intervention · hotline · reporting · perpetrator · escalation · advocate
flour
Milled grain powder
dip · coat · fry · deep-fry · crispy · golden · panko · breadcrumbs · tempura · fritter
- food prepchopping, slicing, dicing, mincing, peeling
- forceful actionsslam, smash, crash, bang, pound
- storm soundsthunder, rumble, thunderclap, boom, crack
- violent forceimpact, collision, smash, crash, slam
- repeated hitspunches, jabs, drumming, hammering, pounding
- abusemistreatment, domestic abuse, elder abuse, maltreatment, cruelty
batteringprotecting
Keeping from harm
shielding · defending · guarding · sheltering · safeguarding
batteringreinforcing
Making more robust
fortifying · strengthening · shoring up · buttressing · repairing
- battering ramsTools for breaking barriers