Definitions from Wiktionary (assault and battery)
▸ noun: (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.
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▸ noun: (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.
Similar:
assault,
battery,
mutual combat,
aggravated assault,
verbal assault,
assaultive,
battered person syndrome,
repeated bodily harm,
sexual violence,
sexual assault,
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assailant,
assaultive,
attack,
polemic,
ad hominem,
offensive,
dead set,
violated,
besetting,
malign,
attaint
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