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BATTLE OF THE BULGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Battle of the Bulge mean? 

BATTLE OF THE BULGE (noun)
  The noun BATTLE OF THE BULGE has 1 sense:

1. a battle during World War II; in December 1944 von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surpriseplay

  Familiarity information: BATTLE OF THE BULGE used as a noun is very rare.


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BATTLE OF THE BULGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A battle during World War II; in December 1944 von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Ardennes counteroffensive; Battle of the Ardennes Bulge; Battle of the Bulge

Instance hypernyms:

pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Domain region:

Ardennes (a wooded plateau in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II)

Holonyms ("Battle of the Bulge" is a part of...):

Second World War; World War 2; World War II (a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945)


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