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 […]
- Aggravation
an increase in intensity, seriousness, or severity; act of making worse: an aggravation of pain. the state of being . something that causes an increase in intensity, degree, or severity. annoyance; exasperation: Johnny causes me so much aggravation! a source or cause of annoyance or exasperation: Johnny’s such an aggravation to her! Contemporary Examples Some […]
- 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 mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness. Botany. (of a flower) formed of florets collected in a dense cluster but not cohering, as the daisy. (of a fruit) composed of a cluster of carpels belonging to the same flower, as the […]