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What is the verb for battery?

What's the verb for battery? Here's the word you're looking for.

batter

To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
(cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient).
(figuratively) To defeat soundly; to thrash.
(Britain, slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicate.
(metalworking) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
Synonyms:

beat, pound, thrash, thump, belt, bash, wallop, pummelled, pummel, hammer, whip, lash, buffet, flog, drub, whale, hit, strike, bludgeon, pelt, tan, slog, bat, club, lick, maul, lambaste, birch, knock, smack, punch, hide, clobber, switch, whack, thresh, slate, bang, clout, whop, lace, paddle, lather, pommel, sock, baste, lambast, thwack, whap, assault … more

Examples:

“I continue to batter the punching bag in front of me, ignoring the slight pain in my wrist.”

“The area becomes deserted, bleak and exposed with the openness of the area exacerbating winds and storms which batter the seafront.”

“Over the ridge, bombs batter the desert.”

bat

(transitive) To flutter
(US, Britain, dialectal) To wink.
(Britain, dialectal, obsolete) To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
(intransitive, usually with 'around' or 'about') To flit quickly from place to place.
Synonyms:

bang, hit, punch, rap, smack, strike, swat, thump, wallop, whack, bash, belt, biff, bludgeon, bob, bonk, bop, box, bust, clap, clip, clobber, clock, clout, crack, hammer, knock, nail, paste, pound, slam, slap, slog, slug, smite, sock, swipe, tag, thwack, whale, zap, beat, cuff, buffet, pummel, batter, pummelled, boff, thrash, smash … more

Examples:

“He would bat the ball hard so that it went across the road into the cotton gin yard.”

“Ignoring her, he continued to bat at the flames with his palms, refusing to stop until the fire was out.”

“This was the kind of man who'd expect a woman to bat her eyelids at him while doing his washing.”

bat

(transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
(intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
(intransitive) to strike or swipe as though with a bat
Synonyms:

Examples:

“He would bat the ball hard so that it went across the road into the cotton gin yard.”

“Ignoring her, he continued to bat at the flames with his palms, refusing to stop until the fire was out.”

“This was the kind of man who'd expect a woman to bat her eyelids at him while doing his washing.”

bats

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bat
Synonyms:

bangs, hits, punches, raps, smacks, strikes, swats, thumps, wallops, whacks, bashes, belts, biffs, bludgeons, bobs, bonks, bops, boxes, busts, claps, clips, clobbers, clocks, clouts, cracks, hammers, knocks, nails, pastes, pounds, slams, slaps, slogs, slugs, smites, socks, swipes, tags, thwacks, whales, zaps, beats, buffets, thrashes, pummels, batters, drubs, tans, flogs, whips … more

battered

simple past tense and past participle of batter
Synonyms:

beat, beaten, pounded, thrashed, thumped, belted, bashed, wallopped, walloped, pummelled, pummeled, hammered, whipped, lashed, buffeted, buffetted, flogged, drubbed, whaled, hit, hat, hitten, struck, stricken, bludgeoned, pelted, tanned, slogged, batted, clubbed, licked, mauled, lambasted, birched, knocked, smacked, punched, hid, hidden, clobbered, switched, whacked, threshed, slated, banged, clouted, whopped, laced, paddled, lathered … more

batter

(architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).
Synonyms:

Examples:

“I continue to batter the punching bag in front of me, ignoring the slight pain in my wrist.”

“The area becomes deserted, bleak and exposed with the openness of the area exacerbating winds and storms which batter the seafront.”

“Over the ridge, bombs batter the desert.”

battering

present participle of batter
Synonyms:

beating, pounding, thrashing, thumping, belting, bashing, wallopping, walloping, pummelling, pummeling, hammering, whipping, lashing, buffeting, buffetting, flogging, drubbing, whaling, hitting, striking, bludgeoning, pelting, tanning, slogging, batting, clubbing, licking, mauling, lambasting, birching, knocking, smacking, punching, hiding, clobbering, switching, whacking, threshing, slating, banging, clouting, whopping, lacing, paddling, lathering, pommelling, pommeling, socking, basting, thwacking … more

batting

present participle of bat
Synonyms:

banging, hitting, punching, rapping, smacking, striking, swatting, thumping, wallopping, walloping, whacking, bashing, belting, biffing, bludgeoning, bobbing, bonking, bopping, boxing, busting, clapping, clipping, clobbering, clocking, clouting, cracking, hammering, knocking, nailing, pasting, pounding, slamming, slapping, slogging, slugging, smiting, socking, swiping, tagging, thwacking, whaling, zapping, lambasting, beating, buffeting, buffetting, thrashing, pummelling, pummeling, battering … more

batters

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of batter
Synonyms:

beats, pounds, thrashes, thumps, belts, bashes, wallops, pummels, hammers, whips, lashes, buffets, flogs, drubs, whales, hits, strikes, bludgeons, pelts, tans, slogs, bats, clubs, licks, mauls, lambastes, birches, knocks, smacks, punches, hides, clobbers, switches, whacks, threshes, slates, bangs, clouts, whops, laces, paddles, lathers, pommels, socks, bastes, lambasts, thwacks, whaps, assaults, whups … more

battereth

(archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of batter

batted

simple past tense and past participle of bat
Synonyms:

banged, hit, hat, hitten, punched, rapped, smacked, struck, stricken, swatted, thumped, wallopped, walloped, whacked, bashed, belted, biffed, bludgeoned, bobbed, bonked, bopped, boxed, busted, clapped, clapt, clipped, clipt, clobbered, clocked, clouted, cracked, hammered, knocked, nailed, pasted, pounded, slammed, slapped, slogged, slugged, smote, smit, smitten, smited, socked, swiped, tagged, thwacked, whaled, zapped … more

Examples:

“His wee cat jumped on his bed and batted him on the head and yammed till he got up.”

“Tanzania lost to Namibia by three runs as the Namibia side batted second and scored 100 runs for three wickets down.”

“Both batsmen timing the ball with precision, batted with charm and aggression.”

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