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