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- pronunciation:
- bae
t
ri
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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| related words: |
abuse |
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