Main entry: assault and battery, battery
Definition: an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact
Main entry: barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling
Definition: the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
Usage: they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops; the shelling went on for hours without pausing
Main entry: battery, electric battery
Definition: a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series
Main entry: battery, stamp battery
Definition: a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores
Main entry: battery
Definition: a collection of related things intended for use together
Usage: took a battery of achievement tests
Main entry: battery
Definition: a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher
Main entry: battery
Definition: group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place