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| type | n |
| lex_filenum | 04 |
| def | a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war |
| examples | Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement |
| Outgoing links | |
| Hypernym | military action, action |
| Part holonym | war, warfare |
| Domain of synset - TOPIC | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine |
| Derivationally related form | engagement → engage |
| Derivationally related form | fight → fight |
| Derivationally related form | battle → battle |
| Hyponym | Armageddon; pitched battle; naval battle; combat, armed combat; dogfight; assault |
| Instance Hyponym | Battle of Britain; Drogheda |
| Incoming links | |
| Hyponym | military action, action |
| Hypernym | Armageddon; pitched battle; naval battle; combat, armed combat; dogfight; assault |
| Part meronym | war, warfare |
| Instance Hypernym | Battle of Britain; Drogheda |
| Member of this domain - TOPIC | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine |
| Derivationally related form | fight → fight |
| Derivationally related form | battle → battle |
| Derivationally related form | engage → engagement |
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