batter
[verb]
Synonyms: beat, buffet, clobber (slang), pelt, pound, pummel, thrash, wallop (informal)

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Related Idioms: beat black and blue, beat to pieces (or shreds), beat within an inch of one's life
Related Words: disable, disfigure, maim, mutilate, cripple, lame, bruise, contuse, lacerate, baste, clobber, pummel, shatter, wreck

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. bat‧ter¹ /ˈbætə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: batre or English bat 'to hit']
to hit someone or something many times, in a way that hurts or damages them:
He was battered to death.
As a child, she was battered by her father.
batter at/on/against etc
People were battering at the door.
batter somebody with something
He was battered on the head with a cricket bat.
batter away
She battered away at his chest with her fists.
batter something down
Armed police battered his door down.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. batter² noun
[Sense 1: Date: 1400-1500; Origin: Probably from ⇒ batter¹]
[Sense 2: Date: 1800-1900; Origin: ⇒ bat²]

1. [uncountable and countable] a mixture of flour, eggs, milk etc, used in cooking and for making bread, cakes etc:
Fry the fish in batter.
pancake batter

2. [countable] the person who is trying to hit the ball in baseball

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲