Aggravated battery
noun
knowing and intentional infliction of injury on a person that creates a substantial risk of death or causes serious impairment, disfigurement, or loss
examples
aggravated battery is a more serious form of battery, and is considered a felony, unlike simple battery which is a misdemeanor.
word origin
aggravated in this sense means ‘increased, magnified’
usage note
law
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causing or full of : i’ve had an aggravating day. to make worse or more severe; intensify, as anything evil, disorderly, or troublesome: to aggravate a grievance; to aggravate an illness. to annoy; irritate; exasperate: his questions aggravate her. to cause to become irritated or inflamed: the child’s constant scratching aggravated the rash. contemporary examples […]
- Aggravator
to make worse or more severe; intensify, as anything evil, disorderly, or troublesome: to aggravate a grievance; to aggravate an illness. to annoy; irritate; exasperate: his questions aggravate her. to cause to become irritated or inflamed: the child’s constant scratching aggravated the rash. historical examples so it would appear that even champagne is a mitigant, […]
- Aggregable
formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole m-ss or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness. botany. (of a flower) formed of florets collected in a dense cl-ster but not cohering, as the daisy. (of a fruit) composed of a cl-ster of carpels belonging to the same flower, as the […]
- Aggregate
formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole m-ss or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness. botany. (of a flower) formed of florets collected in a dense cl-ster but not cohering, as the daisy. (of a fruit) composed of a cl-ster of carpels belonging to the same flower, as the […]