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child-battering

[ chahyld-bat-er-ing ]

/ ˈtʃaɪldˌbæt ər ɪŋ /

noun

the physical abuse of a child by a parent or guardian, as by beating.

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Nearby words

child wife, child's play, child, julia, child, lydia maria, child-abuse register, child-battering, child-bearing, child-directed speech, child-free, child-proof, child-resistant

Origin of child-battering

First recorded in 1970–75

Related formschild-bat·ter·er, noun

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