battle
Noun
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referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nationis a type of: action, military action - a military engagementsubtypes:
- armageddon - any catastrophically destructive battle
- pitched battle - a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
- naval battle - a pitched battle between naval fleets
- armed combat, combat - an engagement fought between two military forces
- dogfight - an aerial engagement between fighter planes
- assault - close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
specific instances:- battle of britain - the prolonged bombardment of British cities by the German Luftwaffe during World War II and the aerial combat that accompanied it
- drogheda - in 1649 the place was captured by Oliver Cromwell, who massacred the Catholic inhabitants
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is a type of: attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try - earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish somethingsubtypes:same as: struggle
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is a type of: group action - action taken by a group of peoplesubtypes:
- class struggle, class war, class warfare - conflict between social or economic classes (especially between the capitalist and proletariat classes)
- insurrection, rebellion, revolt, rising, uprising - organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
- counterinsurgency, pacification - actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
- strife - bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension
- tug-of-war - any hard struggle between equally matched groups
- turf war - a bitter struggle for territory or power or control or rights
- combat, fight, fighting, scrap - the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
- feud - a bitter quarrel between two parties
- war, warfare - an active struggle between competing entities
Verb
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subtypes:same as: combat
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