Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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pitched battle | Yes | No | No | No |
Plataea | Yes | No | No | No |
pitched battle (noun) | Plataea (noun) |
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a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place | a defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks at Plataea in 479 BC |
a former town in Boeotia; site of a battle between the Greeks and Persians in 479 BC |