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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An assault upon a victim that is carried out by striking the victim, knocking the victim down, or otherwise doing violence to the victim.
Wiktionary
- n. law, idiomatic 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.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact
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“Traffic ticket rebop predominated, along with some stale bread on the spics: unlawful assembly, nonfelony assault and battery resulting in Mickey Mouse juvie time.”
“‘If they do dare, you will hear a story of assault and battery which will shake your faith in the public school system, Sir Crimmond.’”
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