Battered
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
Example sentence: Sin is, somehow, at the root of all human misery. Sin is what keeps us from God and from life. It is in the face of every battered woman, the cry of every neglected child, the despair of every addict, the death of every victim of every war.
Maltreated
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To treat badly, to abuse.