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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


Synonymsbattle of Ypres, third battle of Ypres


Instance hypernympitched battle


Part meronymFirst World War, Great War, War to End War, World War 1, World War I


Domain regionBelgique, Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium

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


Synonymsbattle of Ypres, second battle of Ypres


Instance hypernympitched battle


Part meronymFirst World War, Great War, War to End War, World War 1, World War I


Domain regionBelgique, Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium

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


Synonymsbattle of Ypres, first battle of Ypres


Instance hypernympitched battle


Part meronymFirst World War, Great War, War to End War, World War 1, World War I


Domain regionBelgique, Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium









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