Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

assault and battery

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English

Syllables: as-sault and -bat-tery
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

assaults and batteries (plural)

Synonyms

battery

Questions

What does assault and battery mean?: 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.

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