battle (noun)
31battle-ax — noun 1) a severe blow from a battle ax Syn: poleax, ax, pike, halberd, tomahawk 2) informal she s a real battle ax See harridan …
32battle of Austerlitz — noun a decisive battle during the Napoleonic campaigns (1805); the French under Napoleon defeated the Russian armies of Czar Alexander I and the Austrian armies of Emperor Francis II • Syn: ↑Austerlitz • Regions: ↑Austerlitz • Instance Hypernyms …
33battle of Boyne — noun a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England by the Stuarts • Syn: ↑Boyne • Regions: ↑Ireland, ↑Hibernia, ↑Emerald… …
34battle of Brunanburh — noun a battle in 937 when Athelstan defeated the Scots • Syn: ↑Brunanburh • Regions: ↑Scotland • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle …
35battle of Bunker Hill — noun the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed s Hill; the British defeated the colonial forces • Syn: ↑Bunker Hill • Regions: ↑Boston, ↑Hub of the Universe, ↑Bean Town, ↑Beantown, ↑capital of …
36battle of Caporetto — noun battle of World War I (1917); Italians were defeated by the Austrian and German forces • Syn: ↑Caporetto • Regions: ↑Italy, ↑Italian Republic, ↑Italia • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle …
37battle of Cowpens — noun battle in the American Revolution; Americans under Daniel Morgan defeated the British • Syn: ↑Cowpens • Regions: ↑South Carolina, ↑Palmetto State, ↑SC • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle …
38battle of Crecy — noun the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years War; in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under Philip of Valois • Syn: ↑Crecy • Regions: ↑France, ↑French Republic • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle …
39battle of Cunaxa — noun battle in 401 BC when the Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne • Syn: ↑Cunaxa • Regions: ↑Babylonia, ↑Chaldaea, ↑Chaldea • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle …
40battle of Cynoscephalae — noun the battle that ended the second Macedonian War (197 BC); the Romans defeated Philip V who lost his control of Greece • Syn: ↑Cynoscephalae • Regions: ↑Thessalia, ↑Thessaly • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle …
