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in battery

in battery prepositional phrase: of a firearm, in the firing position after recovery from the recoil of a previous discharge.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Of a firearm, in the firing position after recovery from the recoil of a previous discharge.

Questions about in battery

What does in battery mean?
In battery means of a firearm, in the firing position after recovery from the recoil of a previous discharge.
What part of speech is in battery?
In battery is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in battery in the dictionary

  1. in bad shape
  2. in bad taste
  3. in ballast
  4. in ballast condition
  5. in banc
  6. in battery
  7. in baulk
  8. in bed
  9. in bed with
  10. in before
  11. in behalf of

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