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I assume you are referring to the side mounted terminals on a battery. They are very easily stripped if the wrong wrench is used or more commonly when pliers are used to tighten or remove. I have found that the best tool to use in this and similar situations is a 6" pipe wrench. It will damage the bolt but that's already the problem. It will remove a bolt that is completely rounded off. Just put it on the stripped bolt and apply a little counter-clockwise pressure and the bolt will loosen. Be careful as it is possible to actually loosen the entire terminal block requiring a new battery. It is probably stuck because it was overtightened in the first place.

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