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batter 1, verb (oh) and perpetrator (oh)


batter 1, verb (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: batre or English bat 'to hit']
to hit someone or something again and again, in a way that hurts someone or causes damage
::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 sb with sth
::He was battered on the head with a cricket bat.
batter away
::She battered away at his chest with her fists.
batter sth down
::Armed police battered his door down.
-- battering n [U and C]

perpetrator (oh)



someone who does something morally wrong or illegal
-see also culprit culprit
::The perpetrators were never caught.
perpetrator of
::The perpetrators of racially motivated violence must be punished.