What's the difference between battered and tapping?

Battered


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Batter

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.

Tapping


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tap

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Tap the relevant details into Google, though, and the real names soon appear before your eyes: the boss in question, stern and yet oddly quixotic, is Phyllis Westberg of Harold Ober Associates.
  • (2) A time course study using serially tapped guinea pig peritoneal cells is described.
  • (3) In the UK the twin threat of Ukip and the BNP tap into similar veins of discontent as their counterparts across the English channel.
  • (4) If you worship money and things - if they are where you tap real meaning in life - then you will never have enough.
  • (5) In order to clarify the development of mandibular movements associated with growth and development of the stomatognathic system, we compared the mandibular movements of children with normal occlusion at different Hellman's dental age between IIA and IIIB, during tooth tapping movements using the following 7 different kinds of frequency; ad lib.
  • (6) We examined the MLS, a motor performance test, in an extended form including assessment of "tapping" regularity for its practicability in therapy control of Parkinson's disease.
  • (7) We conclude that routine use of Golytely is preferable to methods involving catharsis and standard tap water enemas for barium enema examination, on the grounds that it is equally effective, yet more convenient for patients and for the radiology department, and reduces total costs.
  • (8) The surgical treatment was initiated with percutaneous subdural tapping which was repeated periodically, if indicated, for 2 weeks.
  • (9) The onset of tolerance to morphine analgesia was studied in 34 female Wistar rats immediately after they drank a dextrose-saccharin cocktail or tap water for 6 or 24 hours.
  • (10) Painless recovery of radiopaque substances after positive contrast myelography is often difficult, especially if the initial spinal tap is not made precisely in the midline.
  • (11) It’s about state sovereignty.” The BLM’s retreat vindicated his stance, he said, tapping a copy of the US constitution which he keeps in a breast pocket.
  • (12) Never leave a tap dripping - it can waste up to four litres a day.
  • (13) His balancing pole swayed uncontrollably, nearly tapping the sides of his feet.
  • (14) The power users and early adopters of these apps, the ones you're most likely to see tapping their thumbs over a tiny screen, are under 25.
  • (15) Der Spiegel magazine reported on Friday that Germany’s bid committee had tapped into a slush fund of €6.7m to buy votes at world football’s governing body Fifa.
  • (16) Past studies have shown that in normal non-depleted cats, somatosensory stimuli (forepaw tap) evoke both complex and simple spike responses.
  • (17) Citing information gathered from "intelligence services, witnesses and phone taps" he named the Liberal Democratic party of Russia (LDPR), an ultra-nationalist party in Russia's Duma.
  • (18) Dortmund seemed certain to score after Reus and Grosskreutz swapped passes on the edge of the area and Reuz tapped the ball into the path of Gundogan, charging in to meet it five yards out.
  • (19) While you can buy commercial formulations, I have always found that tap water, a cup of strong black tea, and some lemon juice provide enough nutrients for a lovely fermentation.
  • (20) This study investigates the mechanism of activation via the TAP molecule.