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Batter

/ˈbætə(ɹ)/

To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.

📖 Definitions of "Batter"

verb

1
To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
"The firemen battered down the door."
2
To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
"I prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs."
3
To defeat soundly; to thrash.
"Leeds United battered Charlton 7-0."
4
(usually in the passive) To intoxicate.
"I was battered last night on our pub crawl."

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
bastenoun	(transitive) To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
clobberverb	(transitive, slang) To hit or bash severely; to seriously harm or damage.
knock aboutverb	(intransitive) To move or roam around aimlessly.
sluggernoun	(baseball) A batter who has a high percentage of extra base hits.
buffetnoun	Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
hitternoun	One who or that which hits.
batsmannoun	(cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field.
dingenoun	to strike, scourge, beat; indent, bruise, knock in

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
clobbernoun	(slang) A thumping or beating.
hitternoun	One who or that which hits.
sluggernoun	(baseball) A batter who has a high percentage of extra base hits.
dingenoun	(uncountable) Dinginess.
bastenoun	A basting; a sprinkling of drippings etc. in cooking.
buffetnoun	Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
knock aboutverb	(intransitive) To move or roam around aimlessly.
batsmannoun	(cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field.
hittingnoun	A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object.
hitnoun	A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
slamnoun	(countable) A sudden impact or blow.
beatnoun	A stroke; a blow.
smashnoun	(colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
swingnoun	The act, or an instance, of swinging.
sweepnoun	A single action of sweeping.
lashnoun	The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
catchernoun	(baseball) The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher.
devastateverb	To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
routnoun	(originally military) The act of completely defeating an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; (by extension) in politics, sport, etc.: a convincing defeat; a thrashing, a trouncing.
battingnoun	The act of someone who bats.