'battering down' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe strong winds or heavy rain pounding against something. For example: The windows shook and rattled as the storm battered down on the roof.
The rain was still battering down and power lines and trees had been downed.
A contingent of Marines finally put an end to it by battering down the armory's doors, bayoneting two of the raiders and beating Brown senseless before taking him into custody.
As if these 17th-century works, which struggled to shine beyond the confines of the court, were already somehow battering down the doors of the sacrosanct New York Times bestseller list of the 21st century!
"The generalized law of silence that is battering down upon our events and our living spaces is soon to relegate the City of Lights to the rank of European capital of sleep," a group of music promoters wrote in an online petition, to be submitted to the mayor of Paris and several government ministries on Jan . 31
Attorney General Janet Reno should have given the two branches of the Gonzalez family more time to try to resolve the case amicably, and she should have applied more legal pressure on the Miami relatives before battering down their door to remove Elian.
"Winds are incredibly strong up here and the rain is battering down," said BBC Wales' Charlotte Dubenskij who is in Llandre in Ceredigion, west Wales.
No sooner was the door closed than it was battered down and fell into the room.
Once you have the proportions of the seafood to batter down, you can vary the ocean matter.
Born in 1895, he straddled the Victorian age and our own, and he did much to batter down the old conventions.
Most forecasters hold that by summer the entire economy could very well be growing more slowly, battered down by Asia.
It uprooted trees, battered down utility poles, damaged homes and cars, closed roads and knocked out street and traffic lights.
