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Batter

To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart.

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Batsman 76% connected

The one who wields the bat in cricket, baseball, etc.

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Bunter 76% connected

A woman who picks up rags in the streets; hence, a low, vulgar woman.

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Beat 76% connected

of Beat

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Concoction 76% connected

A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion.

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Deform 76% connected

To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.

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Intermixture 76% connected

A mass formed by mixture; a mass of ingredients mixed.

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Mixture 76% connected

The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients.

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Strike 76% connected

To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

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Bat 74% connected

A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.

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Bat 74% connected

A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.

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Knock 66% connected

To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

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Knock 66% connected

To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

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Baste 92% connected

To beat with a stick; to cudgel.

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Buffet 92% connected

A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard.

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Hitter 92% connected

One who hits or strikes; as, a hard hitter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slugger 92% connected

One who strikes heavy blows; hence, a boxer; a prize fighter.

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