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assault and battery

as·sault and bat·ter·y
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uh-sawlt and bat-uh-ree]
    • /əˈsɔlt ænd ˈbæt ə ri/
    • /əˈsɒlt ənd ˈbætri/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uh-sawlt and bat-uh-ree]
    • /əˈsɔlt ænd ˈbæt ə ri/

Definitions of assault and battery words

  • uncountable noun assault and battery Assault and battery is the crime of attacking someone and causing them physical harm. 3
  • noun assault and battery a threat of attack to another person followed by actual attack, which need amount only to touching with hostile intent 3
  • noun assault and battery the carrying out of threatened physical harm or violence; an unlawful beating 3
  • noun assault and battery an assault with an actual touching or other violence upon another. 1
  • noun assault and battery crime: direct physical assault 1
  • noun assault and battery (Idiomatic) (law) The combination of two violent crimes: assault (the threat of violence) and battery (physical violence). This legal distinction exists only in jurisdictions that distinguish assault as threatened violence rather than actual violence. 0
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Origin of assault and battery

First appearance:

before 1580
One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1580-90

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Parts of speech for Assault and battery

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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assault and battery popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for assault and battery

noun assault and battery

  • mugging — a drinking cup, usually cylindrical in shape, having a handle, and often of a heavy substance, as earthenware.
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