(1) After 2 days of complete fasting in animals sacrificed 3 and 24 hours following introduction of the tagged vitamin the incorporation of the atter in the organs drastically decreased by comparison with controls.
(2) Atter 15 min virtually no thrombi or platelet aggregates could be detected.
(3) The exchange of a longer stretch of DNA leading to atteration of three amino acids of the protein compared with the original sequence of SK1 is required to obtain a temperature-sensitive DNA ligase in this strain, while in strain A364A a single amino acid change is sufficient for expression of a temperature-sensitive protein.
(4) Pointing out that they had been transparent about their workings, KPMG's Lewis Atter said it was a "reasonable, probably conservative approach".
Batter
Definition:
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage.
(v. t.) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
(v. t.) A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery.
(v. t.) Paste of clay or loam.
(v. t.) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
(n.) A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.
(v. i.) To slope gently backward.
(n.) One who wields a bat; a batsman.
Example Sentences:
(1) They broke in with a battering ram: an armoured vehicle known as a Bearcat.
(2) The physical effects of chlorination as demonstrated by experiments with batters and cakes and by physicochemical observations of flour and its fractions are also considered.
(3) Forty-nine women who attended a surgical emergency department after being battered are the subjects of this prospective study.
(4) Autopsy findings were consistent with a severely chronically battered child.
(5) Two years later, the Guardian could point to reforms that owed much to what Ashley called his "bloody-mindedness" in five areas: non-disclosure of victims' names in rape cases; the rights of battered wives; the ending of fuel disconnections for elderly people; a royal commission on the legal profession; and civil liability for damages such as those due to thalidomide victims.
(6) Fatally "battered" children, the victims of multiple, metasynchronous traumata, represent a significant fraction (22%) of the overall pedicide population and constitute a segment of the victims with a potential for being saved by intervention.
(7) Finally, what do you do if you are the director of an Australian ad agency and you want to sell your old, battered 1999 hatchback?
(8) A new, terrible curse that comes on top of the bleaching, the battering, the poisoning and the pollution.
(9) The announcements included a message from the Chief of Police regarding the seriousness of battering, and the referral numbers.
(10) The mother and stepfather of a four-year-old boy who was battered to death after being subjected to a six-month regime of starvation and physical torture will be jailed for life on Friday after being found guilty of murdering the boy, whose body was so emaciated that one experienced health worker compared it to that of a concentration camp victim.
(11) He has opinions on everything, and he hurls them at you so enthusiastically, so ferociously, that before long you feel battered.
(12) Cards pile on the runs, and here comes Hurdle to get Burnett, about three batters too late.
(13) They can expect to be swamped more often by tidal surges, battered by ever stronger typhoons and storms, and hit by deeper droughts.
(14) As described above, the nature of this series with Chicago means the Kings will be battered and probably somewhat exhausted.
(15) Among the 1,142 girls and boys aged 9 to 11 years, 8.2% were seriously battered, 58% were mildly battered and 33.8% were unbattered during the past year.
(16) Assessment and interventions for sexual abuse are necessary in all women's health settings, especially if a woman is battered.
(17) Child abuse or battered child syndrome is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in childhood in the United States and is not uncommon in our country.
(18) 32 min: Tiki-taka has taken a real battering in recent weeks.
(19) Chelsea, racism and the Premier League’s role | Letters Read more Mighty Manchester United had just been humbled by lowly Leicester City, battered 5-3.
(20) Recidivism is an associated feature.The risk of battering possibly diminishes with time.