battle (noun)
61Battle of Maldon — noun a battle in which the Danes defeated the Saxons in 991; celebrated in an old English poem • Syn: ↑Maldon • Regions: ↑England • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle …
62battle of Marathon — noun a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians • Syn: ↑Marathon • Regions: ↑Greece, ↑Hellenic Republic, ↑Ellas • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle …
63battle of Marston Moor — noun a battle in 1644 in which the Parliamentarians under the earl of Manchester defeated the Royalists under Prince Rupert • Syn: ↑Marston Moor • Regions: ↑England • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle • Part Holonyms: ↑ …
64Battle of Midway — noun naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands • Syn: ↑Midway • Regions: ↑Midway Islands • Instance Hypernyms: ↑naval… …
65battle of Minden — noun a battle in the Seven Years War (1759) in which the English forces and their allies defeated the French • Syn: ↑Minden • Regions: ↑Germany, ↑Federal Republic of Germany, ↑Deutschland, ↑FRG • Instance Hypernyms: ↑ …
66Battle of Naseby — noun a battle in 1645 that settled the outcome of the first English Civil War as the Parliamentarians won a major victory over the Royalists • Syn: ↑Naseby • Regions: ↑England • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle • Part Holonyms: ↑ …
67battle of Navarino — noun a decisive naval battle in the War of Greek Independence (1827); the Turkish and Egyptian fleet was defeated by an allied fleet of British and French and Russian warships • Syn: ↑Navarino • Regions: ↑Greece, ↑Hellenic Republic, ↑Ellas •… …
68battle of Omdurman — noun a battle (1898) in which an English and Egyptian army under Kitchener defeated the Sudanese • Syn: ↑Omdurman • Regions: ↑Sudan, ↑Soudan • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle …
69battle of Panipat — noun battle in which the ruler of Afghanistan defeated the Mahrattas in 1761 • Syn: ↑Panipat • Regions: ↑India, ↑Republic of India, ↑Bharat • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle …
70battle of Poitiers — noun the battle in 1356 in which the English under the Black Prince defeated the French • Syn: ↑Poitiers • Regions: ↑France, ↑French Republic • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle …
