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battery

battery

87 7.6
Touching another person on purpose in a harmful or offensive way, often a crime
  • noun
  • /ˈbætəri/
  • NSFW
translation icon : agresión
  • The court found her guilty of battery for attacking her neighbor during an argument.
  • assault and battery
  • aggravated battery
  • charges of battery

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Examples

  • When I was a kid I did a couple of years for possession, and battery and assault.

  • Sure, there was the occasional assault and battery, the occasional store theft, the occasional vandalism.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • That explains assault and battery charges.

  • Josh was arrested for assault and battery for trying to drown his wife.

  • By the way... I'm in here for assault and battery.

  • In case 723, assault and battery against a flight attendant... ...I find you guilty.

  • But surely six months in jail isn't unheard of... in a serious case of assault and battery.

  • The court has weighed your story against another man's, that's all any court in the land can do, and the way things are now, I got to find you guilty of assault and battery and disturbing the peace.

  • The allegations include fraud, false imprisonment, battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

    Academic text (2001)
  • After the fight, he was charged with battery for hitting another person.

Synonyms

violence
vsbattery
  • Offensive
2.8

The use of physical force that hurts people or damages things

is limited to deliberate physical contact against a person as a crime
assault
vsbattery
  • Specialized
378 4.5

An attempt or threat to hurt someone physically

involves deliberate physical contact that actually touches another person
battering
vsbattery
  • NSFW
18 6.5

Repeated violent hitting or strong criticism that causes harm

describes deliberate physical contact without implying repeated strikes
assault and battery
vsbattery
  • Specialized
17 6.1

A crime of threatening someone and then hitting them

focuses only on deliberate physical contact without the prior threat
to hitting
vsbattery
3 1.0

To strike something with force, often with a hand or object

is the legal notion of deliberate offensive physical contact as an offense

Compounds

assault and battery
  • Specialized
17 6.1

A crime of threatening someone and then hitting them

11 3.5

A small portable unit that stores power to charge phones or run cameras

A device that works using one or more batteries

5 2.7

A part that stores electricity to start a car and power its lights and radio

A battery
  • Archaic
5 7.0

A source of electricity that heats the thin wire inside old radio tubes

battery acid
  • Specialized
4 5.8

A strong, dangerous liquid in car batteries that can burn skin

battery charger
  • Specialized
1 2.8

A device that puts electricity into a rechargeable battery

A small dry power source that runs a flashlight

A device that stores electricity to power things like remote controls

lead-acid battery
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A rechargeable device with lead plates and weak sulphuric acid used in cars and for backup power

1 9.9

A slang name for LSD, a drug that makes people see or hear things that are not real

car battery
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A large pack that stores electricity to power an electric car and control how far it can go

storage battery
  • Specialized
1 3.3

A device you can charge again to keep electricity for use later

C battery
  • Archaic
8.1

A small cell that gives steady voltage to set the grid of an old radio tube

dry battery
  • Specialized
3.4

A small source of electricity used in devices like radios or flashlights that has no liquid

automobile battery
  • Specialized
3.4

A large rechargeable device that stores electric energy to drive an electric or hybrid car and power its systems

automobile battery
  • Specialized
2.7

A rechargeable device that stores electric energy to start a car and run its lights and radio

B battery
  • Archaic
8.3

A power source used in old radios to give positive voltage to a vacuum tube plate

galvanic battery
  • Specialized
7.4

A set of cells that make electricity when chemicals react

nickel-iron battery
  • Specialized
6.1

A battery you can charge again made from nickel and iron that lasts a long time

quartz battery
  • Archaic
9.9

A machine with heavy metal hammers that crushes quartz rock to get gold and other minerals

solar battery
  • Specialized
3.8

A device with many small panels that changes sunlight into electricity

solar battery
  • Specialized
3.5

A device that stores electricity made by solar panels for use later

stamp battery
  • Archaic
9.9

A machine with heavy metal weights that fall to crush rock to get gold

storage-battery grid
  • Specialized
7.2

A metal plate with holes that conducts electricity and holds the battery material

voltaic battery
  • Specialized
6.3

A group of cells that make electricity by chemical reactions

How Violent

aggravated assault
  • NSFW
25 7.9
battery
  • NSFW
87 7.6
bad touch
  • Offensive
1 9.0

Surface Forms

battery singular
batteries plural

Etymology

The word battery comes from the old verb batter, which means 'to beat' or 'to hit'. So a legal battery is when someone is physically struck or attacked.