Noun

(batteries)

A coordinated group of electrochemical cells, each of which produces electricity by a chemical reaction between two substances ().

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, title=Internal Combustion , chapter=1 citation , passage=But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.}}

(legal) The crime or tort of intentionally striking another person.

A coordinated group of artillery.

An array of similar things.

Schoolchildren take a battery of standard tests to measure their progress.

A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs.

(baseball) The catcher and the pitcher together

(chess) Two or more major pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal

The state of a firearm when it is possible to be fired.

Noun

(en noun)

A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two opposing groups or individuals.

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, volume=189, issue=6, page=1, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Denied an education by war , passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools

An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.