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Discover LudwigThe phrase "would have battered" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to express a hypothetical situation in the past where an action could have occurred but did not. Example: "If he had been more aggressive in the match, he would have battered his opponent."
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Once they did, this belief holds, public opinion would have battered the commissioner and the owners for precipitating a labor fight in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks.
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If Heidar had taken it and missed it I'd have battered him".
Asked to choose between fish and chips, he says: "I would never have battered fish, like cod from the chip shop.
I would never have battered fish, like cod from the chip shop.
Spring is tiptoeing in, but you would never know it from the winter storms that have battered the San Francisco Bay Area.
In exchange, Iran would receive some limited relief from Western-led sanctions that have battered the nation's economy.
Hamza reckoned he could kick my arse at table tennis, but I seriously doubt that because I'm sick at it and would have definitely battered him.
Persuading a jury that Minnelli had battered a grown man would be no easy matter.
This has battered already fragile balance sheets.
Bad trade has battered all of that.
The exhibit should have had very tough plexiglass that would have resisted battering for quite a while, as well as motion detectors and surveillance cameras.
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