Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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pitched battle | Yes | No | No | No |
battle of Austerlitz | Yes | No | No | No |
pitched battle (noun) | battle of Austerlitz (noun) |
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a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place | a decisive battle during the Napoleonic campaigns (1805); the French under Napoleon defeated the Russian armies of Czar Alexander I and the Austrian armies of Emperor Francis II |