Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Alamo | Yes | No | No | No |
beleaguering | Yes | No | No | No |
Alamo (noun) | beleaguering (noun) |
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a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico | the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack |