Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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pitched battle | Yes | No | No | No |
second battle of Ypres | Yes | No | No | No |
pitched battle (noun) | second battle of Ypres (noun) |
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a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place | battle in World War I (1915); Germans wanted to try chlorine (a toxic yellow gas) as a weapon and succeeded in taking considerable territory from the Allied salient |