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(noun) an intentional physical attack or beating that causes unlawful violence to another person |
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Synonyms: assault, assault and battery |
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Related Words: attack, attempt, crime, law-breaking, mugging, resisting arrest |
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(noun) produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series |
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Synonyms: electric battery |
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Related Words: A battery, B battery, C battery, electrical device, galvanic battery, galvanic pile, nicad, nickel-cadmium accumulator, pile, voltaic battery, voltaic pile |
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(noun) a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores |
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Synonyms: stamp battery |
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Related Words: stamp mill, stamping mill |
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(noun) a collection of related things intended for use together: "took a battery of achievement tests" |
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Related Words: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection |
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(noun) a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher |
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Related Words: squad, team |
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(noun) group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place |
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Related Words: artillery, artillery unit |
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(noun) the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops" |
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Synonyms: barrage, barrage fire, bombardment, shelling |
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Related Words: fire, firing |
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