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ili-30-00953559-n CILI: i40416
WordNet Domains: history military
SUMO Ontology: Battle=
Basic Level Concept: 01080366-n group_action
Epinonyms: [1] armed_forces
[1] armed_forces |0,95|
[0] ili-30-00953559-n (category) |0,95|
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GL Variantes
- batalla [baˈtaʎa̝] · [RILG] [DRAG]
Chandler deixou a Carroll ao do outeiro para conducir á batalla calquera reforzo que podía atopar. [f22 (72)] SemCor Corpus
- combate [komˈbate̝] · [RILG] [DRAG]
- loita [ˈlojta̝] · [RILG] [DRAG]
PT Variantes
- ação
- batalha [bɐtˈaλɐ]
- batalhar [bɐtɐλˈar]
- combate [kõbˈatɨ]
- combater [kõbɐtˈer]
- conflito [kõflˈitu]
- enfrentar [ẽfrẽtˈar]
- lidar [lidˈar]
- luta [lˈutɐ]
- lutar [lutˈar]
- peleja [pɨlˈɐjʒɐ]
- pelejar [pɨlɨʒˈar]
Glosa
um encontro hostil de forças militares opostas no curso de uma guerra
CA Variantes
- acció
- batalla
Grant obtingué una victòria decisiva en la batalla de Chickamauga
- combat
- lluita
Glosa
Enfrontament hostil entre forces militars enemigues durant el curs d'una guerra
EU Variantes
- bataila
bataila txikiak irabazi diren arren, oraindik ez dugu irabazi gerra
Glosa
bi armadaren arteko borroka
ES Variantes
- acción
- batalla
- combate
- conflicto
- lucha
EN Variantes
- battle ['bætəɫ]
Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga
- conflict ['kɑnfɫɪkt]
- engagement [ɛ'ngeɪdʒmənt]
he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement
- fight ['faɪt]
Glosa
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
DE Variantes
- Kampf
- Schlacht
LA Variantes
- bellum
- certamen
- certatus
- colluctatio
- concertatio
- conflictus
- congressio
- congressus
- duellum
- Mars
- Mavors
- proelium
- pugna
IT Variantes
- battaglia
- combattimento
- conflitto
- lotta
- scontro
FR Variantes
- bataille
- combat
- conflit
ZH_S Variantes
- 战争
- 战役
- 战斗
- 搏斗
- 斗争
ZH_T Variantes
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Relacións léxico-semánticas no WordNet vía ILI (193) - Amosar / Agochar gráfico:
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00952963-n: a military engagement
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00956340-n: any catastrophically destructive battle
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00956485-n: a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
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00958477-n: a pitched battle between naval fleets
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00964343-n: an engagement fought between two military forces
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00974224-n: an aerial engagement between fighter planes
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00974444-n: close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
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01270628-n: the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it
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01277755-n: in 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants
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00973077-n: the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
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01090335-v: be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
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01092366-v: battle or contend against in or as if in a battle
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02376089-v: carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
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08199025-n: the military forces of a nation
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00146856-n: the act of joining together as one
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00973077-n: the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
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01246148-a: characterized by active hostility
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08198398-n: a unit that is part of some military service
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08377085-n: a connected series of events or actions or developments
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00097577-a: killed in battle
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00263840-a: unflinching in battle or action
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00455717-a: dressed or adorned (as for battle)
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00519118-n: a celebration following a victory in a battle or sports competition
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00543114-n: a ceremonial dance performed before a battle or after a victory
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00952963-n: a military engagement
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00956340-n: any catastrophically destructive battle
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00956485-n: a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
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00964343-n: an engagement fought between two military forces
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00969684-n: a Crusade from 1202 to 1204 that was diverted into a battle for Constantinople and failed to recapture Jerusalem
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00974224-n: an aerial engagement between fighter planes
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00993228-n: fire delivered to obtain accurate data for subsequent effective engagement of targets
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01092366-v: battle or contend against in or as if in a battle
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01092826-v: engage in an aerial battle with another fighter plane
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01121719-v: to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
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01143409-n: the distribution of forces in preparation for battle or work
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01149327-v: place troops or weapons in battle formation
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01268886-n: a river in ancient Thrace (now Turkey); in the mouth of this river the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC)
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01269161-n: a battle in northern France in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415
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01269857-n: 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
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01270153-n: a battle in which the Scots under Robert the Bruce defeated the English and assured the independence of Scotland
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01270860-n: a battle in 680 in which the grandson of Mohammed and his followers were killed
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01271107-n: a battle during World War II; in December 1944 von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprise
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01271428-n: a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918
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01272367-n: the battle that ended the Wars of the Roses (1485); Richard III was killed and Henry Tudor was crowned as Henry VII
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01272582-n: in 1214 the French under Philip Augustus defeated a coalition formed against him in one of the greatest battles of the middle ages
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01272787-n: 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
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01273081-n: a battle in 937 when Athelstan defeated the Scots
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01273491-n: either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles
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01273735-n: the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill; the British defeated the colonial forces
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01274171-n: battle of World War I (1917); Italians were defeated by the Austrian and German forces
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01274374-n: a battle in the Apennines in 321 BC in which the Samnites defeated the Romans
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01274531-n: a battle in which Philip II of Macedon defeated the Athenians and Thebans (338 BC) and also Sulla defeated Mithridates (86 BC)
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01274733-n: the battle in which Attila the Hun was defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451
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01274909-n: a major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker
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01276436-n: battle in the American Revolution; Americans under Daniel Morgan defeated the British
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01276634-n: the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War; in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under Philip of Valois
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01276875-n: battle in 401 BC when the Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne
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01277065-n: the battle that ended the second Macedonian War (197 BC); the Romans defeated Philip V who lost his control of Greece
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01278692-n: a battle in 1513; the English defeated the invading Scots and James IV was killed
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01278873-n: a battle in 1745 in which the French army under Marshal Saxe defeated the English army and their allies under the duke of Cumberland
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01279342-n: an important battle in the American Civil War (1862); the Union Army under A. E. Burnside was defeated by the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee
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01279615-n: a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union
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01279866-n: the battle in which Alexander won his first major victory against the Persians (334 BC)
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01280055-n: a battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943); the island was occupied by the Japanese and later recaptured by American forces
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01280308-n: a naval battle of the American Civil War (1862); the indecisive battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac
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01280514-n: the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest
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01280792-n: a battle during the Napoleonic Wars (1800); the French defeated the Austrians
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01280990-n: a battle in the Korean War (1950); United States forces landed at Inchon
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01281154-n: discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow)
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01281427-n: a battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC); Lysimachus and Seleucus defeated Antigonus and Demetrius
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01281638-n: a battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III
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01281813-n: a battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne
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01282289-n: the battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians
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01282711-n: battle of the American Civil War (1864); Union forces under William Tecumseh Sherman were repulsed by Confederate troops under Joseph Eggleston Johnston
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01283185-n: a battle in 217 BC in which Hannibal ambushed a Roman army led by Flaminius
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01283753-n: Thebes defeated Sparta in 371 BC; the battle ended Sparta's military supremacy in Greece
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01283935-n: the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775)
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01284124-n: a battle in World War II; the return of United States troops to the Philippines began with landings on Leyte Island in October 1944; the battle marked first use of kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese
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01284444-n: 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 (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command
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01285101-n: the principal battle of the Balkan Wars (1912); Bulgarian forces defeated the Turks
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01285305-n: a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1632); Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeated the Holy Roman Empire under Wallenstein; Gustavus Adolphus was killed
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01285784-n: a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
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01286000-n: a battle in which the Danes defeated the Saxons in 991; celebrated in an old English poem
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01286393-n: the site of three famous battles among Greek city-states: in 418 BC and 362 BC and 207 BC
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01286569-n: a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians
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01286745-n: a battle in 1800 in which the French under Napoleon Bonaparte won a great victory over the Austrians
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01286938-n: a battle in 1644 in which the Parliamentarians under the earl of Manchester defeated the Royalists under Prince Rupert
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01287179-n: a battle during the second Punic War (207 BC); Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal was defeated by the Romans which ended Hannibal's hopes for success in Italy
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01288057-n: a battle in the Seven Years' War (1759) in which the English forces and their allies defeated the French
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01288549-n: a battle in 1645 that settled the outcome of the first English Civil War as the Parliamentarians won a major victory over the Royalists
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01289444-n: a battle (1898) in which an English and Egyptian army under Kitchener defeated the Sudanese
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01289997-n: battle in which the ruler of Afghanistan defeated the Mahrattas in 1761
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01291839-n: the battle in 1356 in which the English under the Black Prince defeated the French
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01292017-n: a battle in the Chino-Japanese War (1894); Japanese captured the port and fortifications from the Chinese
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01292200-n: a battle in which Mexican forces defeated the French in 1862
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01292553-n: a battle between the French and an alliance of Spaniards and Swiss and Venetians in 1512
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01292735-n: a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1643); the French defeated the Spanish invaders
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01292928-n: a battle in the Seven Years' War (1757); Prussian forces under Frederick the Great defeated the armies of France and Austria
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01293167-n: a battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918); the battle in which American troops launched their first offensive in France
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01293650-n: a battle in World War II; the port was captured by United States troops in September 1943
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01294127-n: a battle during the American Revolution (1777); the British under Burgoyne were defeated
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01294502-n: the second great battle of the American Civil War (1862); the battle ended with the withdrawal of Confederate troops but it was not a Union victory
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01294791-n: a battle in World War I (May 1918); the Germans tried to attack before the American numbers were too great to defeat; the tactical success of the Germans proved to be a strategic failure
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01295153-n: an indecisive battle in 1859 between the French and Sardinians under Napoleon III and the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
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01295373-n: battle in World War I (1916)
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01295528-n: battle of World War II (1944)
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01295918-n: a battle between the armies of Grant and Lee during the Wilderness Campaign
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01296505-n: a battle in World War I (1914); decisive German victory over the Russians
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01296697-n: battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting
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01296946-n: a battle in France in 687 among the descendants of Clovis
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01297095-n: a battle in 9 AD in which the Germans under Arminius annihilated three Roman Legions
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01297291-n: the final battle of the War of the Roses in 1471 in which Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians
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01297484-n: a famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece
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01297978-n: a battle in central Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans under Flaminius in 217 BC
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01298573-n: a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped
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01298797-n: a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered
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01299037-n: a battle in the Napoleonic campaigns (1809); Napoleon defeated the Austrians
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01299476-n: the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon
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01299735-n: American Civil War; a series of indecisive battles in Grant's campaign (1864) against Lee in which both armies suffered terrible losses
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01299994-n: a battle in the Korean War (November 1950); when UN troops advanced north to the Yalu River 200,000 Chinese troops crossed the river and drove them back
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01300508-n: battle in World War I (1914); heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the others
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01300782-n: battle in World War I (1915); Germans wanted to try chlorine (a toxic yellow gas) as a weapon and succeeded in taking considerable territory from the Allied salient
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01301080-n: battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery
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01301423-n: the battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War
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01304356-n: the revolution against James II; there was little armed resistance to William and Mary in England although battles were fought in Scotland and Ireland (1688-1689)
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01318252-a: scarred by battle
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01318741-a: suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle
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01843906-a: prepared for battle
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01913363-v: pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict
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02303878-v: capture after a fight
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02304013-v: take back by force, as after a battle
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02376089-v: carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
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02378149-n: a fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle
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02378541-n: horse trained for battle
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02378625-n: formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle
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02620213-v: die, as in battle or in a hunt
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02806088-n: a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
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02811842-n: a flag that leads troops into battle
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03009269-n: a two-wheeled horse-drawn battle vehicle; used in war and races in ancient Egypt and Greece and Rome
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03782430-n: an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac
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03811163-n: a naval spectacle; a mock sea battle put on by the ancient Romans
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04242315-n: narrow trench for shelter in battle
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04552195-n: adornment consisting of paint applied to the face and body of certain Amerindians before a battle
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04857738-n: the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)
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04971522-n: a pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino
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05164353-n: the number of deaths resulting from some particular cause such as an accident or a battle or a natural disaster
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05629204-n: (Norse mythology) the hall in which the souls of heros slain in battle were received by Odin
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05643611-n: the technique of using small arms (especially in battle)
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05902786-n: plan for conducting a battle
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06372925-n: myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil
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07123404-n: a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle
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07339808-n: loss of military equipment in battle
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07519253-n: an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
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07950592-n: people who have been slain (as in battle)
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08196622-n: a command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the United States Air Force; operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and rescue aircraft
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08293238-n: a fleet of warships prepared for battle
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08344301-n: Switzerland's information network for security and defense studies and for peace and conflict research and for international relations
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08506641-n: a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
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08506932-n: (New Testament) the scene of the final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the world
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08580134-n: a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)
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08690352-n: an area where a battle has occurred with many fatalities
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08789447-n: a former town in Boeotia; site of a battle between the Greeks and Persians in 479 BC
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08950230-n: a city in the central Netherlands on the lower Rhine River; site of a battle in 1944 during World War II
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09096903-n: town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought
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09097283-n: town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought
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09151800-n: a creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War
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09152401-n: a village in northeastern Virginia where battles were fought during the American Civil War
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09330604-n: a lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont and southern Quebec; site of many battles in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812
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09432549-n: a large valley between the Allegheny Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Virginia; site of numerous battles during the American Civil War
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09500398-n: (Greek mythology) a friend of Achilles who was killed in the Trojan War; his death led Achilles to return to the fight after his quarrel with Agamemnon
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09590772-n: (Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla
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09649926-n: any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma
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09850760-n: one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury
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09899782-n: someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement
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09938272-n: the soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battle
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10028123-n: someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations
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10749123-n: an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
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10766718-n: a journalist who sends news reports and commentary from a combat zone or place of battle for publication or broadcast
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10819533-n: a general of Alexander the Great and king of Macedonia; lost one eye; killed in a battle at Ipsus (382-301 BC)
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10917164-n: English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765)
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10920051-n: Persian prince who was defeated in battle by his brother Artaxerxes II (424-401 BC)
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10961816-n: king of Wessex and Kent and elder brother of Alfred; Alfred joined Ethelred's battle against the invading Danes and succeeded him on his death (died in 871)
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11019570-n: king of Sweden whose victories in battle made Sweden a European power; his domestic reforms made Sweden a modern state; in 1630 he intervened on the Protestant side of the Thirty Years' War and was killed in the battle of Lutzen (1594-1632)
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11033631-n: general who commanded a Carthaginian army in Spain; joined his brother Hannibal in Italy and was killed by the Romans at the battle of Metaurus River (died 207 BC)
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11145850-n: Spartan general who defeated the Athenians in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (died in 395 BC)
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11165164-n: United States cartoonist noted for his drawings of soldiers in battle (1921-2003)
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11249890-n: king of Epirus; defeated the Romans in two battles in spite of staggering losses (319-272 BC)
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11260622-n: King of England from 1483 to 1485; seized the throne from his nephew Edward V who was confined to the Tower of London and murdered; his reign ended when he was defeated by Henry Tudor (later Henry VII) at the battle of Bosworth Field (1452-1485)
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11280905-n: Mexican general who tried to crush the Texas revolt and who lost battles to Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War (1795-1876)
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11357660-n: (Old Testament) the husband of Bathsheba and a soldier who was sent to die in battle so that king David could marry his wife (circa 10th century BC)
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14385919-n: a morbid fear of battle or physical injury
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15188852-n: the 3rd Monday in April; Massachusetts and Maine celebrate the battle of Lexington and Concord in 1775
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15293328-n: a period of time during which there is armed conflict