battery
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7.6
- noun
- /ˈbætəri/
- NSFW
- 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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- Still, if we can sue for assault, battery, negligence, trespass, nuisance, covers all of the ways in which we can negatively affect each other.
- Your honor, you're telling me that I'm going to jail for assault and battery?
Examples
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When I was a kid I did a couple of years for possession, and battery and assault.
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Sure, there was the occasional assault and battery, the occasional store theft, the occasional vandalism.
Fiction book (2001) -
That explains assault and battery charges.
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Josh was arrested for assault and battery for trying to drown his wife.
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By the way... I'm in here for assault and battery.
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In case 723, assault and battery against a flight attendant... ...I find you guilty.
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But surely six months in jail isn't unheard of... in a serious case of assault and battery.
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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.
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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
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2.8
The use of physical force that hurts people or damages things
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4.5
An attempt or threat to hurt someone physically
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1.0
To strike something with force, often with a hand or object
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6.1
A crime of threatening someone and then hitting them
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6.5
Repeated violent hitting or strong criticism that causes harm
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.8
A device with many small panels that changes sunlight into electricity
- Specialized
1
3.9
A rechargeable device with lead plates and weak sulphuric acid used in cars and for backup power
- Specialized
1
2.7
A rechargeable device that stores electric energy to start a car and run its lights and radio
- Specialized
1
3.4
A small source of electricity used in devices like radios or flashlights that has no liquid
- Archaic
1
8.3
A power source used in old radios to give positive voltage to a vacuum tube plate
- Specialized
1
3.4
A large rechargeable device that stores electric energy to drive an electric or hybrid car and power its systems
- Archaic
1
9.9
A machine with heavy metal hammers that crushes quartz rock to get gold and other minerals
- NSFW
1
9.9
A slang name for LSD, a drug that makes people see or hear things that are not real
- Specialized
1
6.1
A battery you can charge again made from nickel and iron that lasts a long time
- Specialized
A large pack that stores electricity to power an electric car and control how far it can go
- Specialized
A metal plate with holes that conducts electricity and holds the battery material
How Violent
Surface Forms
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.