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        battery

        bat·ter·y

        battery

         
         
        pronunciation:
        bae t ri
        features:
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        part of speech: noun
        inflections: batteries
        definition 1: a device that generates electricity by means of chemical reactions.
        The car wouldn't start because its battery was dead.
         
        synonyms:
        cell
        similar words:
        dry battery, dry cell, solar battery, voltaic battery
        definition 2: the act of battering.
        Bruises on the victim's arms and legs showed evidence of violent battery.
        synonyms:
        battering, beating
        similar words:
        attack, pommeling, pounding, pummel, thrashing, walloping
        definition 3: in law, the illegal act of assaulting another person so as to cause injury.
        The man was arrested for battery after neighbors reported that he had been beating his wife.
        similar words:
        assault, attack, beating
        definition 4: a set of large military guns, esp. artillery, used in combined firing.
        A battery of tanks rolled across the open field.
        similar words:
        armament, artillery, cannonry, gunnery, ordnance, weaponry
        definition 5: a set of related things, usu. used together.
        The doctor administered a battery of psychological tests.
        synonyms:
        block, series, set
        similar words:
        band, batch, group, lot, pack, progression, sequence, succession, suite
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