batterer
a person or thing that batters.
a person who inflicts violent physical abuse upon a child, spouse, or other person.
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How to use batterer in a sentence
The Court of Appeals agreed that Ricardo Valadez was not entitled to sole legal custody because he had not shown he had successfully completed state-mandated treatment for batterers from a certified program.
She Said Her Husband Was Abusive. A Judge Took Away Her Kids and Ordered Her Arrest. | by Megan O’Matz | February 22, 2022 | ProPublicaThey developed their VR tool after consulting extensively with gender violence experts to learn about domestic abusers and how batterer intervention programs work.
Virtual Reality Could Help Stop Domestic Abuse Against Women | Dinsa Sachan, Knowable Magazine | October 18, 2021 | The Daily BeastIn addition to measuring levels of empathy, the Finnish researchers will use measures such as heart rate to see how the experience affects individual batterers.
Virtual Reality Could Help Stop Domestic Abuse Against Women | Dinsa Sachan, Knowable Magazine | October 18, 2021 | The Daily BeastAlready, authorities in some parts of Spain have integrated this VR exercise into their prison-based intervention programs for batterers, and researchers in Finland are beginning to examine it too.
Virtual Reality Could Help Stop Domestic Abuse Against Women | Dinsa Sachan, Knowable Magazine | October 18, 2021 | The Daily BeastA felon or domestic batterer or disturbed person need only find a person with a clean background to buy a weapon for him.
But a man who is already a batterer, he is probably going to abuse his partner more often in a stressful situation.
It tore me apart Friday when I heard that Rihanna was already planning to reconcile with her batterer.
It is Ocean, usurper of Earth's deepest vales, besieger of islands, batterer of continents.
The Masque of the Elements | Herman Scheffauer
British Dictionary definitions for batterer
/ (ˈbætərə) /
a person who batters someone
(in combination): baby-batterer; wife-batterer
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