I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a storm lashes/batters a place literary
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Fierce storms lashed the coastline.
battered fish (= covered in a mixture of flour and water, and then fried )
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The restaurant is well-known for its battered fish dishes.
battering ram
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
death
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If I had screamed or tried to escape he would have battered me to death .
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Steam hammers, in short, tended to batter themselves to death .
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This time he battered Mr Simpson to death .
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Two days later the bishop was battered to death in his home.
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I'd seen it too and it hadn't told me anything except that Moira was battered to death with a tenor sax.
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He'd been battered to death .
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Park manager Paul Weston said the rabbits had apparently been battered to death .
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Mr Davidson was battered to death while his daughter's eye was pierced with a knitting needle.
door
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Over the debris of the tower and the crushed bodies they battered the doors with it.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
battered woman/wife/husband/baby etc
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It was not intended to suggest that these were battered wives.
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Moreover, battered women often wind up dropping the charges as reconciliation with the abuser.
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Now the ikons of female suffering are all around us; the image of the battered woman is high fashion.
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The church has already erred on this side in the counsel it has given battered women.
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The groups most adamant about denying help to battered women were the conservative fundamentalists and some orders of Catholicism.
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The person on call made us a cup of tea - battered wives' homes are the greatest!
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They took us to the police station and then to a battered women's house at about 2 a.m.
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We have often been tempted to abandon this task; then another battered woman would come into our lived.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Each year, perhaps 4 million women are battered by their husbands.
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His campaign team was battered by a humiliating defeat in Iowa.
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Teachers suspect that the child is being battered regularly by his parents.
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The jury heard how Thompson had been maddened by what he saw and battered his wife to death.
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There were reports of soldiers battering prisoners with their rifles.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Michael Pearson, 19, of Leeds, battered 19-year-old Dean Fisher to death after meeting him in a pub.
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The man she was living with was battering her, Lee-Cruz said, and she called the police.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
pour
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Stir until just mixed; do not overmix. Pour batter into heated skillet.
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Add egg, cover and whirl an additional minute. Pour batter into large bowl.
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Add dry ingredients to persimmon mixture and mix well. Pour batter into buttered shallow 3-quart baking dish.
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By hand, stir in 1 cup chocolate chips. Pour batter into a greased 9-by-13-inch pan.
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Stir in remaining ingredients. Pour batter into two 8-inch round, greased and lightly floured pans.
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Add onions and shortening to batter and stir to blend. Pour batter into skillet.
prepare
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Let stand while preparing cake batter .
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Place skillet in oven while preparing batter .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Add the flour, semolina and currants and stir into the batter with a wooden spoon.
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Hell, for Eloise, could well turn out to be full of fish batter , sliced potatoes and boiling fat.
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I could see his fingers working signals behind the mitt so intensely the batter had to have seen too.
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Keep away from the fried batter and won-ton pastry dishes and ask for steamed or boiled rice.
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Nick has become as consistent as any batter in the Championship.
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Stir batter down and bake cakes on a lightly greased griddle, using about cup batter per pancake.
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The next batter was pinch-hitter Jeffrey Hammonds.