battle (noun)
81battle of Tewkesbury — noun the final battle of the War of the Roses in 1471 in which Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians • Syn: ↑Tewkesbury • Regions: ↑England • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle …
82battle of the Bismarck Sea — noun a naval battle in World War II; Allied land based bombers destroyed a Japanese convoy in the Bismarck Sea in March 1943 • Syn: ↑Bismarck Sea • Regions: ↑Bismarck Sea • Instance Hypernyms: ↑naval battle • Part Holonyms: ↑ …
83battle of the Coral Sea — noun a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers • Syn: ↑Coral Sea • Regions: ↑Coral Sea • Instance Hypernyms: ↑naval battle • Part Holonyms: ↑ …
84Battle of the Little Bighorn — noun a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces… …
85Battle of the Marne — noun a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918 • Syn: ↑Belleau Wood, ↑Chateau Thierry, ↑Marne River • Regions: ↑France, ↑French Republic • Instance Hypernyms: ↑ …
86battle of the Philippine Sea — noun a naval battle in World War II (1944); a decisive naval victory for the United States fleet over the Japanese who were trying to block supplies from reaching American troops on Leyte • Syn: ↑Philippine Sea • Regions: ↑Pacific, ↑Pacific Ocean …
87battle of Thermopylae — noun a famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece • Syn: ↑Thermopylae • Regions: ↑Greece, ↑Hellenic Republic, ↑Ellas • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle …
88battle of Trafalgar — noun a naval battle in 1805 off the southwest coast of Spain; the French and Spanish fleets were defeated by the English under Nelson (who was mortally wounded) • Syn: ↑Trafalgar • Regions: ↑Atlantic, ↑Atlantic Ocean • Instance Hypernyms: ↑naval… …
89battle of Trasimeno — noun a battle in central Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans under Flaminius in 217 BC • Syn: ↑Trasimeno • Regions: ↑Italy, ↑Italian Republic, ↑Italia • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle …
90battle of Verdun — noun a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped • Syn: ↑Verdun • Regions: ↑France, ↑French Republic • Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle …
