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English noun: battle of Ypres | |||
| 1. | battle of Ypres (act) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | third battle of Ypres, Ypres | ||
| Instance hypernym | pitched battle | ||
| Part meronym | First World War, Great War, War to End War, World War 1, World War I | ||
| Domain region | Belgique, Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium | ||
| 2. | battle of Ypres (act) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | second battle of Ypres, Ypres | ||
| Instance hypernym | pitched battle | ||
| Part meronym | First World War, Great War, War to End War, World War 1, World War I | ||
| Domain region | Belgique, Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium | ||
| 3. | battle of Ypres (act) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | first battle of Ypres, Ypres | ||
| Instance hypernym | pitched battle | ||
| Part meronym | First World War, Great War, War to End War, World War 1, World War I | ||
| Domain region | Belgique, Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium | ||
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