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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, idiomatic, uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: battery
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assault
Narrower terms: resisting arrest
History
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