battle : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a state in the southwestern United States
  Silver State; Nevada; NV; Sagebrush State.
  

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• noun a cruiser of maximum speed and firepower
  

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• noun a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle
  rallying cry; war cry; war whoop.
  
• noun a slogan used to rally support for a cause
  rallying cry; cry; war cry; watchword.
  
  • a cry to arms
  • our watchword will be `democracy'

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• noun loss of military equipment in battle
  combat casualty.
  

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• noun a military uniform designed for field service
  

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• noun a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare
  combat neurosis; combat fatigue; shell shock.
  

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• noun a flag that leads troops into battle
  

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• noun a fleet of warships prepared for battle
  

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• noun an army unit usually consisting of five companies
  

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• noun the line along which warring troops meet
  

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• noun a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864
  Atlanta.
  

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• 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
  Austerlitz.
  

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• 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
  Boyne.
  

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• noun 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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• noun a battle in 937 when Athelstan defeated the Scots
  Brunanburh.
  

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• noun either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles
  Bull Run.
  

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• 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
  Bunker Hill.
  

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• noun battle of World War I (1917); Italians were defeated by the Austrian and German forces
  Caporetto.
  

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• noun in the American Civil War (1863) the Union armies of Hooker, Thomas, and Sherman under the command of Ulysses S. Grant won a decisive victory over the Confederate Army under Braxton Bragg
  Chattanooga.
  

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• noun a Confederate victory in the American Civil War (1863); Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg defeated Union forces
  Chickamauga.
  

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• noun battle in the American Revolution; Americans under Daniel Morgan defeated the British
  Cowpens.
  

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• noun the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War; in 1346 the English under Edward III defeated the French under Philip of Valois
  Crecy.
  

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• noun battle in 401 BC when the Artaxerxes II defeated his younger brother who tried to usurp the throne
  Cunaxa.
  

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• noun the battle that ended the second Macedonian War (197 BC); the Romans defeated Philip V who lost his control of Greece
  Cynoscephalae.
  

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• noun a pitched battle in World War II (1942) resulting in a decisive Allied victory by British troops under Montgomery over German troops under Rommel
  Al Alamayn; El Alamein.
  

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• noun a battle in 1513; the English defeated the invading Scots and James IV was killed
  Flodden.
  

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• noun a battle in 1745 in which the French army under Marshal Saxe defeated the English army and their allies under the duke of Cumberland
  Fontenoy.
  

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• noun 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
  Fredericksburg.
  

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• noun 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
  Gettysburg.
  

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• noun the battle in which Alexander won his first major victory against the Persians (334 BC)
  Granicus.
  

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• noun a battle in World War II in the Pacific (1942-1943); the island was occupied by the Japanese and later recaptured by American forces
  Guadalcanal.
  

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• noun 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
  Hastings.
  

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• noun a battle during the Napoleonic Wars (1800); the French defeated the Austrians
  Hohenlinden.
  

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• noun a battle between the successors of Alexander the Great (301 BC); Lysimachus and Seleucus defeated Antigonus and Demetrius
  Ipsus.
  

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• noun a battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III
  Issus.
  

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• noun a battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne
  Ivry; Ivry la Bataille.
  

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• noun the battle in 1806 in which Napoleon decisively defeated the Prussians
  Jena.
  

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• noun an indecisive naval battle in World War I (1916); fought between the British and German fleets off the northwestern coast of Denmark
  Jutland.
  

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• noun a battle in 680 in which the grandson of Mohammed and his followers were killed
  
  • the Battle of Kerbala is the basis for the Ta'ziyehs that are performed annually

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• noun a battle in 217 BC in which Hannibal ambushed a Roman army led by Flaminius
  Lake Trasimenus.
  

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• noun (1568) Catholic forces supporting Mary Queen of Scots were routed by Protestants
  Langside.
  

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• noun Turkish sea power was destroyed in 1571 by a league of Christian nations organized by the Pope
  Lepanto.
  

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• noun Thebes defeated Sparta in 371 BC; the battle ended Sparta's military supremacy in Greece
  Leuctra.
  

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• 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 (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command
  Custer's Last Stand; Battle of Little Bighorn; Little Bighorn.
  

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• noun the principal battle of the Balkan Wars (1912); Bulgarian forces defeated the Turks
  Lule Burgas.
  

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• noun a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1632); Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeated the Holy Roman Empire under Wallenstein; Gustavus Adolphus was killed
  Lutzen.
  

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• noun a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
  Magenta.
  

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• noun a battle in which the Danes defeated the Saxons in 991; celebrated in an old English poem
  Maldon.
  

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• noun a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians
  Marathon.
  

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• noun a battle in 1644 in which the Parliamentarians under the earl of Manchester defeated the Royalists under Prince Rupert
  Marston Moor.
  

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• 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
  Midway.
  

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• noun a battle in the Seven Years' War (1759) in which the English forces and their allies defeated the French
  Minden.
  

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• noun a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution (1778) that ended with the withdrawal of British forces
  Battle of Monmouth; Monmouth Court House.
  

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• noun a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution (1778) that ended with the withdrawal of British forces
  Battle of Monmouth; Monmouth Court House.
  

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• 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
  Naseby.
  

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• 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
  Navarino.
  

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• noun a battle (1898) in which an English and Egyptian army under Kitchener defeated the Sudanese
  Omdurman.
  

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• noun battle in which the ruler of Afghanistan defeated the Mahrattas in 1761
  Panipat.
  

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• noun Caesar defeated Pompey in 48 BC
  Pharsalus.
  

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• noun Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC
  Philippi.
  

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• noun 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
  battle of Pittsburgh Landing; Shiloh.
  

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• noun the victory in 1757 by the British under Clive over Siraj-ud-daula that established British supremacy over Bengal
  Plassey.
  

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• noun a defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in 479 BC
  Plataea.
  

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• noun the battle in 1356 in which the English under the Black Prince defeated the French
  Poitiers.
  

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• noun a battle in which Mexican forces defeated the French in 1862
  

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• noun a major victory by the Romans over the Macedonians in 168 BC; resulted in the downfall of the ancient Macedonian kingdom
  Pydna.
  

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• noun a battle between the French and an alliance of Spaniards and Swiss and Venetians in 1512
  Ravenna.
  

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• noun a battle in the Thirty Years' War (1643); the French defeated the Spanish invaders
  Rocroi.
  

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• noun a battle in the Seven Years' War (1757); Prussian forces under Frederick the Great defeated the armies of France and Austria
  Rossbach.
  

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• noun a battle during the American Revolution (1777); the British under Burgoyne were defeated
  Saratoga.
  

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• noun the Swiss Confederation escaped Hapsburg domination by their victory in 1386
  Sempatch.
  

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• noun 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
  battle of Pittsburgh Landing; Shiloh.
  

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• noun 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
  Soissons; battle of the Aisne; battle of Soissons-Reims.
  

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• noun an indecisive battle in 1859 between the French and Sardinians under Napoleon III and the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
  Solferino.
  

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• noun a battle between the armies of Grant and Lee during the Wilderness Campaign
  Spotsylvania.
  

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• noun a battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918); the battle in which American troops launched their first offensive in France
  Saint-Mihiel; St Mihiel.
  

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• noun a battle in World War I (1914); decisive German victory over the Russians
  Tannenberg.
  

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• noun a battle in France in 687 among the descendants of Clovis
  Tertry.
  

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• noun a battle in 9 AD in which the Germans under Arminius annihilated three Roman Legions
  Teutoburger Wald.
  

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• noun the final battle of the War of the Roses in 1471 in which Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians
  Tewkesbury.
  

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• noun 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
  Soissons; battle of the Aisne; battle of Soissons-Reims.
  

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• noun 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
  Ardennes counteroffensive; Battle of the Ardennes Bulge.
  

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• noun a naval battle in World War II; Allied land-based bombers destroyed a Japanese convoy in the Bismarck Sea in March 1943
  Bismarck Sea.
  

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• noun 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
  Ardennes counteroffensive; Battle of the Ardennes Bulge.
  

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• noun 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
  Soissons; battle of the Aisne; battle of Soissons-Reims.
  

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• noun a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers
  Coral Sea.
  

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• 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 (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command
  Custer's Last Stand; Battle of Little Bighorn; Little Bighorn.
  

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• noun a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918
  Belleau Wood; Marne River; Chateau-Thierry.
  

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• 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
  Philippine Sea.
  

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• noun battle of World War II (1944)
  Somme; Somme River.
  
• noun battle in World War I (1916)
  Somme; Somme River.
  

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• noun in the English Channel a small fleet of British ships successfully defeated the large armada sent from Spain by Philip II to invade England
  

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• noun a famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece
  Thermopylae.
  

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• 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)
  Trafalgar.
  

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• noun a battle in central Italy where Hannibal defeated the Romans under Flaminius in 217 BC
  Trasimeno.
  

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• noun the French defeated the Austrian and Prussian troops in 1792 (with a famous cannonade from the French artillery)
  Valmy.
  

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• noun a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped
  Verdun.
  

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• noun a battle in the Napoleonic campaigns (1809); Napoleon defeated the Austrians
  Wagram.
  

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• noun in December 1941 the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines
  Battle of Wake.
  

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• noun in December 1941 the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines
  Battle of Wake.
  

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• noun 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
  Waterloo.
  

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• noun a contest in which intelligence rather than violence is used
  

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• noun 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
  Ypres; battle of Ypres.
  
• noun 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
  Ypres; battle of Ypres.
  
• noun 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
  Ypres; battle of Ypres.
  

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• noun the battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War
  Zama.
  

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• a painting, or a musical composition, representing a battle.

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• noun plan for conducting a battle
  

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• noun a noisy riotous fight
  melee; scrimmage.
  

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• . (a) A fight between several gamecocks, where the one that stands longest is the victor. Grose. (b) A contest with fists or cudgels in which more than two are engaged; a mêlée. Thackeray.

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• noun an arrangement of sights that makes possible the rapid aiming of a firearm at short ranges
  battlesight.
  

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• noun a broadax used as a weapon
  battle-ax.
  
• noun a sharp-tongued domineering wife
  battle-ax.
  

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Bat"tle-ax`, Bat"tle-axe` noun (Also<

• Battle-ax
• Battle-axe

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1. (Mil.) A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon.

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• noun a sharp-tongued domineering wife
  battle-ax.
  
• noun a broadax used as a weapon
  battle-ax.
  

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Bat"tle-ax`, Bat"tle-axe` noun (Also<

• Battle-ax
• Battle-axe

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1. (Mil.) A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon.

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• adjective satellite scarred by battle
  

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• noun litigation to settle custody of the children of a divorced couple
  

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• one in which neither party gains the victory.

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• one in which neither party wins; one equally contested.

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• noun a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
  battlefield; battleground; field; field of honor.
  
  • they made a tour of Civil War battlefields

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• noun 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
  Ypres; battle of Ypres.
  

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• verb engage in a conflict
  
  • The battle over health care reform was joined

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• noun a line formed by troops or ships prepared to deliver or receive an attack
  

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• . (a) (Mil Tactics) The position of troops drawn up in their usual order without any determined maneuver . (b) (Naval) The line or arrangement formed by vessels of war in an engagement.

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• . See Ship of the line, below.

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• noun a pitched battle between naval fleets
  

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• (Mil.), the particular disposition given to the troops of an army on the field of battle.

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• noun a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
  

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• a general battle; a battle in which the hostile forces have fixed positions; in distinction from a skirmish.
• one in which the armies are previously drawn up in form, with a regular disposition of the forces.

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• open battle; pitched battle. Obs. Chaucer.

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• noun 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
  Ypres; battle of Ypres.
  

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• noun 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
  Ypres; battle of Ypres.
  

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• to attack an enemy.

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• to meet the attack; to engage in battle.

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• . See under Battle, Issue.

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• (O. Eng. Law), to give gage, or security, for joining in the duellum, or combat. See Wager of battel, under Wager, n. Burrill.

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• (O. Eng. Law), the giving of gage, or pledge, for trying a cause by single combat, formerly allowed in military, criminal, and civil causes. In writs of right, where the trial was by champions, the tenant produced his champion, who, by throwing down his glove as a gage, thus waged, or stipulated, battle with the champion of the demandant, who, by taking up the glove, accepted the challenge. The wager of battel, which has been long in disuse, was abolished in England in 1819, by a statute passed in consequence of a defendant's having waged his battle in a case which arose about that period. See Battel.

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• . See under Wager, n.

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