battered
— Adjective
– English
~ damaged especially by hard usage; "his battered old hat"
battering
— Noun
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~ the act of subjecting to strong attack
B battery
— Noun
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~ battery for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube
battery
— Noun
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~ a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores
battery
— Noun
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~ a collection of related things intended for use together; "took a battery of achievement tests"
battery
— Noun
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~ an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact
battery
— Noun
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~ 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"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing"
battery
— Noun
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~ a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher
battery
— Noun
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~ group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
battery-acid
— Noun
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~ street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
battery
— Noun
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~ a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series
battery acid
— Noun
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~ dilute sulfuric acid used in storage batteries
batting
— Noun
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~ stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
batting average
— Noun
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~ (baseball) a measure of a batter's performance; the number of base hits divided by the number of official times at bat; "Ted Williams once had a batting average above .400"
batting
— Noun
– English
~ (baseball) the batter's attempt to get on base
batting average
— Noun
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~ (an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds; "the salesman's batting average was 7 out of 12"
battle
— Verb
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~ battle or contend against in or as if in a battle; "The Kurds are combating Iraqi troops in Northern Iraq"; "We must combat the prejudices against other races"; "they battled over the budget"
battle
— Noun
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~ a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
battle
— Noun
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~ an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
battle-ax
— Noun
– English
~ a sharp-tongued domineering wife