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an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series a series of stamps operated in one mortar for crushing ores a collection of related things intended for use together; "took a battery of achievement tests" a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing" |
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