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batter - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | batter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mixture before baking |
| Synonyms: | concoction, dough, mix, mush*, paste, preparation, recipe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | batter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | strike and damage |
| Synonyms: | assault, bash, beat, break, bruise, buffet, clobber, cripple, crush, dash, deface, demolish, destroy, disable, disfigure, drub, hurt, injure, lacerate, lambaste, lame, lash, mangle, mar, maul, mutilate, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, punish, ruin, shatter, smash, thrash, wallop, wreck, contuse |
| Main Entry: | beat up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assault |
| Synonyms: | attack, batter, hammer, pulverize, thrash, do over, knock around |
| Main Entry: | bombard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assault, attack |
| Synonyms: | assail, barrage, batter, beset, besiege, blast, blitz, bomb, cannonade, catapult, harass, hound, launch, pester, pound, shell, strike, fire upon, open fire, strafe |
| Main Entry: | bruise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break blood vessel; discolor |
| Synonyms: | batter, beat, black, blacken, blemish, crush, damage, deface, injure, mar, mark, pound, pulverize, wound, zing*, bang up, bung up, contuse, do a number on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | buffet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit repeatedly |
| Synonyms: | bang, batter, beat, blow, box, bump, clobber, cuff, flail, jolt, knock, pound, pummel, push, rap, shove, slap, smack, spank, strike, thrash, thump, wallop |
| Main Entry: | club |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit hard with object |
| Synonyms: | bash, baste, batter, beat, bludgeon, clobber, clout, cudgel, hammer, pommel, pound, pummel, strike, whack, blackjack, cosh, fustigate |
| Main Entry: | damage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause injury, loss |
| Synonyms: | abuse, batter, bleach, blight, break, burn, contaminate, corrode, corrupt, crack, cripple, deface, defile, dirty, discolor, disfigure, disintegrate, dismantle, fade, gnaw, harm, hurt, impair, incapacitate, infect, injure, lacerate, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mutilate, pollute, ravage, rot, ruin, rust, scorch, scratch, smash, split, spoil, stab, stain, tarnish, tear, undermine, vitiate, weaken, wound, wreck, wrong, bang up, scathe, tamper with, wear away, wreak havoc on |
| Antonyms: | benefit, bless, enhance, favor, fix, improve, mend, perfect, repair |
| Main Entry: | deform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distort, disfigure |
| Synonyms: | batter, blemish, buckle, contort, cripple, damage, deface, flaw, grimace, impair, injure, knot, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, ruin, skew, spoil, twist, warp, wince, gnarl, malform, misshape |
| Antonyms: | beautify, improve |
| Main Entry: | disable |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | render inoperative; cripple |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, batter, blunt, damage, debilitate, disarm, disqualify, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, hamstring*, handicap, harm, hock*, hurt, impair, incapacitate, invalidate, kibosh*, knock out*, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, muzzle, paralyze, prostrate, ruin, sabotage, sap, shatter, spoil, total*, undermine, unfit, weaken, wreck, disenable, hogtie*, immobilize, pinion, put out of action, render incapable, shoot down*, take out*, throw monkey wrench in, unbrace, unstrengthen |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, enable, help, improve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, strike |
| Synonyms: | bash, batter, club, flog, hit, knock, lash, maltreat, pummel, slug, smack, smash, sock, thrash, thwack, whale |
| Main Entry: | hammer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, hit |
| Synonyms: | bang, batter, bear down, clobber, defeat, drive, drub, fashion, forge, form, knock, make, pound, pummel, shape, strike, tap, thrash, trounce, wallop, whack, whomp |
| Main Entry: | injure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurt, harm |
| Synonyms: | abuse, aggrieve, batter, blemish, blight, break, contort, cripple, cut up, damage, deface, deform, disable, disfigure, distort, distress, do in*, foul, foul up, grieve, impair, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mutilate, pain, pique, prejudice, ruin, shake up, spoil, sting, tarnish, torment, torture, total, undermine, vitiate, wax, weaken, wound, wrong, draw blood, hack up |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, cure, fix, heal, help, mend |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | maim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cripple, put out of action |
| Synonyms: | batter, blemish, break, castrate, crush, damage, deface, disable, disfigure, dismember, disqualify, hack, hamstring*, harm, hurt, impair, incapacitate, injure, lame, mangle, mar, massacre, maul, mayhem, mutilate, spoil, truncate, warp, wound, gimp, hog-tie |
| Antonyms: | aid, cure, heal, help, repair |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mutilate, deform |
| Synonyms: | batter, break, bruise, butcher, carve, contort, crush, cut, damage, deface, destroy, disfigure, distort, flay, hack, hash, impair, injure, lacerate, maim, mar, maul, rend, ruin, separate, slash, slay, slice, slit, spoil, tear, wound, wreck |
| Antonyms: | cure, heal, help, preserve |
| Main Entry: | maul |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mangle, abuse |
| Synonyms: | bang, bash, batter, beat, beat up, bludgeon, buffet, claw, clean, drub, flagellate, flail, hit, hurt, knock about*, lacerate, lash, maltreat, molest, mug, muscle, paste*, paw, pelt, pound, pummel, rough up, skin, thrash, trample, wax, whip, break face, handle roughly, ill-treat, knock around, lean on, let have it, put in the hospital, take care of, work over |
| Antonyms: | guard, maintain, protect, take care |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mix/mixture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assortment, combination |
| Synonyms: | admixture, adulteration, alloy, amalgam, assimilation, association, batter, blend, brew, combine, composite, compound, concoction, confection, conglomeration, cross, crossing, dough, fusion, goulash, grab bag*, hodgepodge, hybrid, incorporation, jumble, mélange, mash, medley, merger, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mosaic, package, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi, saturation, stew*, transfusion, union, variety, amalgamation, combo, commixture, hybridization, infiltration, interfusion, mingling, soup* |
| Antonyms: | disconnection, division, separation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mutilate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | maim, damage |
| Synonyms: | adulterate, amputate, batter, butcher, cripple, crush, cut up, deface, disable, disfigure, dismember, distort, expurgate, hack*, hurt, injure, lacerate, lame, mangle, mar, mess up*, ravage, scratch, spoil, weaken, bowdlerize, cut to pieces, hash up |
| Antonyms: | fix, mend, repair |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pelt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat; throw hard |
| Synonyms: | assail, batter, belabor, belt, bombard, career, cast, charge, dash, hammer, hurl, knock, pound, pour, pummel, rain, rush, shoot, shower, sling, speed, stone, strike, swat, tear, thrash, wallop, lapidate, pepper |
| Notes: | skin is the general term for an animal's outer covering; the layer of fur, hair, or wool is the coat; hide is the tough skin of certain large animals that is tanned and made into leather; pelt is untanned skin of fur-bearing animals |
| Main Entry: | pulp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flesh of plant, animal |
| Synonyms: | batter, dough, jam, marrow, mash, mush, paste, poultice, sponge, triturate, curd, grume, pap, pomace, sarcocarp, semisolid, soft part |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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