[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

batter \bat"ter\ ba^t"t~er, v. t. imp.  p. p. battered
   ba^t"t~erd; p. pr.  vb. n. battering. oe. bateren,
   of. batre, f. battre, fr. ll. battere, for l. batuere to
   strike, beat; of unknown origin. cf. abate, bate to
   abate.
   1913 webster
   1. to beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with
      violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to
      batter a wall or rampart.
      1913 webster

   2. to wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. "each
      battered jade." --pope.
      1913 webster

   3. metallurgy to flatten metal by hammering, so as to
      compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
      1913 webster
see also:
battered battering abate bate 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

battering \bat"tering\ n.
   the act or process of subjecting to strong repeated blows.

   syn: banging.
        wordnet 1.5

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

battering
     n : the act of subjecting to strong attack syn: banging
see also:
banging 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

20 moby thesaurus words for "battering":
   assault, attack, butchery, disorderliness, forcible seizure,
   killing, laying waste, looting, massacre, obstreperousness,
   onslaught, pillaging, rape, riot, rioting, sacking, slaughter,
   sowing with salt, unruliness, violation

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