a campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting United States marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans | several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) |
the largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands | an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) |
| a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end |
| a race between candidates for elective office |