Batter

BATTER

-verb (used with object)

1. to hit (someone or something) repeatedly using heavy blows, as with a club or other heavy instrument; beat heavily

2. (often passive) to damage or injure, as by blows, heavy wear, etc

3. social welfare . to subject (a person, especially a close relative living in the same house) to repeated physical violence

4. to subject (a person, opinion, or theory) to harsh criticism; attack

-noun

1. a mixture of flour, milk or water, eggs, etc., beaten together for use in cookery.

-verb (used with object)

2. to coat with batter.

-noun

a player who swings a bat or whose turn it is to bat, as in cricket or baseball.

-noun

1. the slope of the face of a wall that recedes gradually backwards and upwards

-verb (used without object)

2. to have such a slope

Battered walls

And paintings

Bruised by ugly slogans

Coated in filth

An urban struggle

For voice