BATTERY Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

battery

noun

ˈba-t(ə-)rē

Definition of battery

as in batch

a number of things considered as a unit a battery of tests to determine the cause of the medical disorder

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as in group

a usually small number of persons considered as a unit a battery of specialists worked on the problem until it was fixed

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Recent Examples of battery The Fresno County district attorney’s office announced Tuesday that David Gonzalez III was being charged with assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, elder abuse, vandalism and battery. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 Rising global demand to extract battery metals like cobalt, nickel, and manganese makes mining increasingly likely. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026 Fuel-cell forklifts are zero-emission, can be refueled quickly, maintain consistent power throughout a shift, and eliminate the space required for battery charging and change-out infrastructure. — Josh McMorrow, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026 By ditching expensive cobalt and nickel for cheap, abundant iron, automakers lower costs while creating a battery that is safer and less prone to fire. — New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for battery

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Noun

But last year, during Black Friday, Hello82 put up the first batch of tickets for the festival, promising K-pop acts and events, sans any artists officially attached or a specific date.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
Advertisement There are only two of them at home, so a big batch can mean eating the same dinner several nights running.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of batch

Noun

Already, multiple House Republicans; key GOP candidates; and two bipartisan groups of senators have pushed back on the move.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Our ambition is to bring together creative and operational talent within a group that stays human in scale.

— Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of group

Noun

Genetic comparisons revealed that deep-sea viral communities in the region are almost entirely unique, with just 4 percent of their protein clusters matching global databases.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
The source was generally in good condition, but mold spots and dense clusters of small white specks required careful treatment.

— Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of cluster

Noun

Martelly’s registration under a new political grouping, Debloke, will place the council under heavy scrutiny.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
In a small farm context, that will be to a grouping of farmers that form a producer unit using the same practices in the same climate.

— SJ Studio, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of grouping

Noun

But inside was a solid-state transformer, or SST—an array of power electronics that was meant to do the work of several pieces of that gear—and hopefully much more.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Attorneys for the plaintiffs in both cases argue that Congress could ban a broad array of activities inside private homes — including cooking, gardening and remote work — under the government’s interpretation of the 19th century law.

— Michael Kunzelman, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of array

Noun

Since 2017, Dulgarian has grown TAGABOW from its placid, solo origins into one of the decade’s most influential and inventive shoegaze bands; the proof is in Lotto, their bold and relentless breakout LP from last year.

— Abby Jones, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2026
George was headed for a modest, quiet patch of the Midwest, plus his big sister, Louise, who recently relocated to the small town of Benton, Illinois, was eager to drum up publicity for her brother’s band.

— Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of band

Noun

Trine Dyrholm, Christian Slater, Dree Hemingway are set to star in Jesper Just’s Incidents of Intimacy, the second production in Zentropa’s new collection of Dogma25 pictures.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Kaeding also said the inspiration for the latest collection came from finding pieces in vintage stores and digging through bins.

— Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of collection

Noun

Rounding things out are a bunch of regional banks, American Express , Netflix , Procter & Gamble , and oilfield services companies SLB and Halliburton .

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
But Brolin and creator Brian Watkins’ take on the subgenre was easily the most interesting and ambitious of the bunch.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026

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