Phrase guide
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noun
A battle which opposing forces anticipate and commit to fighting; a sustained, intense and confrontational fight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: set-piece battle
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An intense, rancorous argument or confrontation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: blow-up, brouhaha, shouting match
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: battle, conflict, fight, engagement
Narrower terms: Agincourt, Austerlitz, battle of Austerlitz, Bannockburn, Battle of Kerbala, Battle of the Ardennes Bulge, Battle of the Bulge, Ardennes counteroffensive, Battle of the Marne, Belleau Wood, Chateau-Thierry, Marne River, Blenheim, Borodino, Bosworth Field, Bouvines, Boyne, battle of Boyne, Brunanburh, battle of Brunanburh, Buena Vista, Bull Run, Battle of Bull Run, Bunker Hill, battle of Bunker Hill, Cannae, Caporetto, battle of Caporetto, Caudine Forks, Chaeronea, Chalons, Chalons-sur-Marne, Chancellorsville, Chapultepec, Chattanooga, battle of Chattanooga, Chickamauga, battle of Chickamauga, Cowpens, battle of Cowpens, Crecy, battle of Crecy, Cunaxa, battle of Cunaxa, Cynoscephalae, battle of Cynoscephalae, El Alamein, Al Alamayn, Battle of El Alamein, Flodden, Battle of Flodden Field, Fontenoy, Battle of Fontenoy, Fort Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga, Fredericksburg, Battle of Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Battle of Gettysburg, Granicus, Battle of Granicus River, Guadalcanal, Battle of Guadalcanal, Hastings, battle of Hastings, Hohenlinden, battle of Hohenlinden, Ipsus, battle of Ipsus, Issus, battle of Issus, Ivry, battle of Ivry, Ivry la Bataille, Jena, Battle of Jena, Kennesaw Mountain, Lake Trasimenus, Battle of Lake Trasimenus, Langside, battle of Langside, Leuctra, battle of Leuctra, Lexington, Concord, Lexington and Concord, Lule Burgas, battle of Lule Burgas, Lutzen, battle of Lutzen, Magenta, Battle of Magenta, Maldon, Battle of Maldon, Mantinea, Mantineia, Marathon, battle of Marathon, Marengo, Marston Moor, battle of Marston Moor, Metaurus River, Minden, battle of Minden, Monmouth Court House, Battle of Monmouth Court House, Battle of Monmouth, Naseby, Battle of Naseby, Omdurman, battle of Omdurman, Panipat, battle of Panipat, Pharsalus, battle of Pharsalus, Philippi, battle of Philippi, Plassey, battle of Plassey, Plataea, battle of Plataea, Poitiers, battle of Poitiers, Port Arthur, Battle of Puebla, Pydna, Battle of Pydna, Ravenna, Battle of Ravenna, Rocroi, Battle of Rocroi, Rossbach, battle of Rossbach, Saint-Mihiel, St Mihiel, battle of St Mihiel, Saratoga, battle of Saratoga, Sempatch, battle of Sempatch, Shiloh, battle of Shiloh, battle of Pittsburgh Landing, Soissons, battle of Soissons-Reims, battle of the Chemin-des-Dames, battle of the Aisne, Solferino, battle of Solferino, Somme, Somme River, Battle of the Somme, Spotsylvania, battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Tannenberg, battle of Tannenberg, Tertry, battle of Tertry, Teutoburger Wald, battle of Teutoburger Wald, Tewkesbury, battle of Tewkesbury, Thermopylae, battle of Thermopylae, Trasimeno, battle of Trasimeno, Valmy, battle of Valmy, Verdun, battle of Verdun, Wagram, battle of Wagram, Waterloo, Battle of Waterloo, Yalu River, Ypres, battle of Ypres, first battle of Ypres, second battle of Ypres, third battle of Ypres, Zama, battle of Zama
History
From pitched (“prepared”) + battle.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
