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damaged by blows or hard usage
"a battered old car"; "the beaten-up old Ford"
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in deplorable condition
"a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"
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of metal e.g.
"bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders"
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out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken')
"a broken washing machine"; "the coke machine is broken"; "the coke machine is busted"
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having the spine damaged
"a broken-backed book"; "a broken-backed old horse"
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damaged inanimate objects or their value
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damaged
"the gym has some of the most knocked-out equipment since Vic Tanny"
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(often followed by `with') damaged throughout by numerous perforations or holes
"a sweater riddled with moth holes"; "cliffs riddled with caves"; "the bullet-riddled target"
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damaged by storm
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marred by imperfections
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physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
"a broken mirror"; "a broken tooth"; "a broken leg"; "his neck is broken"
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spoiled or ruined or demolished
"war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind"
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diminished in strength, quality, or utility
"impaired eyesight"
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harmed
"injured soldiers"; "injured feelings"