ASSAULT AND BATTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does assault and battery mean? 

• ASSAULT AND BATTERY (noun)
  The noun ASSAULT AND BATTERY has 1 sense:

1. an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact

  Familiarity information: ASSAULT AND BATTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASSAULT AND BATTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An assault in which the assailant makes physical contact

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

assault and battery; battery

Hypernyms ("assault and battery" is a kind of...):

assault (a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "assault and battery"):

resisting arrest (physical efforts to oppose a lawful arrest; the resistance is classified as assault and battery upon the person of the police officer attempting to make the arrest)

 Context examples 

My poor dear mother, I suppose, had some momentary intention of committing an assault and battery upon my aunt, who could easily have settled her with one hand, even if my mother had been in far better training for such an encounter than she was that evening.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)