BAT • TER • Y

BAT • TER • Y /'bætəri/
noun (pl. -ter•ies)

a container consisting of one or more cells, in which chemical energy is converted into electricity and used as a source of power.
an extensive series, sequence, or range of things.
chiefly Brit. a series of small cages for the intensive rearing and housing of poultry.
Law the infliction of unlawful personal violence on another person, even where the contact does no physical harm.
(the battery) Baseball the pitcher and the catcher.
a fortified emplacement for heavy guns. → an artillery subunit of guns, men and vehicles.

ORIGIN: Middle English : from French baterie, from battre 'to strike', from Latin battuere (in the sense 'metal articles wrought by hammering' later 'a collection of artillery', whence 'Leyden jars connected up so as to discharge simultaneously')

Lashing out the action, returning the reaction
Weak are ripped and torn away
Hypnotizing power, crushing all that cower
Battery is here to stay

Smashing through the boundaries
lunacy has found me
cannot stop the Battery
Pounding out aggression
turns into obsession
cannot kill the Battery
Cannot kill the family
Battery has found in me
Battery
Battery

Crushing all deceivers, mashing non-believers
never ending potency
Hungry violence seeker, feeding off the weaker
Breeding on insanity

Circle of Destruction, Hammer comes crushing
Powerhouse of energy
Whipping up a fury, Dominating flurry
We create the Battery