battery

Words with a similar base: assault_and_battery, battery, electric_battery, stamp_battery

'battery'

[battery.n.01] as in: group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place

'battery'

[battery.n.02] as in: a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series

'battery'

[battery.n.03] as in: a collection of related things intended for use together

Examples:
took a battery of achievement tests

'battery'

[battery.n.04] as in: a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher

'battery'

[battery.n.05] as in: a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores

'battery'

[barrage.n.02] as in: the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target

Examples:
they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops
the shelling went on for hours without pausing

'battery'

[battery.n.07] as in: an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact

Origins

					battery (English)
└── batterie (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
    └── baterie (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        └── batre (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
            ├── battere (Latin)
            └── battuo (Latin)

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