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  • 1give battle — phrasal : to engage in a determined fight threw up log and earthwork defenses and gave battle American Guide Series: Louisiana public opinion … against which Congress was not prepared to give battle H.J.Laski …

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  • 2To give battle — Battle Bat tle, n. [OE. bataille, bataile, F. bataille battle, OF., battle, battalion, fr. L. battalia, battualia, the fighting and fencing exercises of soldiers and gladiators, fr. batuere to strike, beat. Cf. {Battalia}, 1st {Battel}, and see… …

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  • 3Battle — Bat tle, n. [OE. bataille, bataile, F. bataille battle, OF., battle, battalion, fr. L. battalia, battualia, the fighting and fencing exercises of soldiers and gladiators, fr. batuere to strike, beat. Cf. {Battalia}, 1st {Battel}, and see {Batter} …

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  • 4Battle piece — Battle Bat tle, n. [OE. bataille, bataile, F. bataille battle, OF., battle, battalion, fr. L. battalia, battualia, the fighting and fencing exercises of soldiers and gladiators, fr. batuere to strike, beat. Cf. {Battalia}, 1st {Battel}, and see… …

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  • 5Battle royal — Battle Bat tle, n. [OE. bataille, bataile, F. bataille battle, OF., battle, battalion, fr. L. battalia, battualia, the fighting and fencing exercises of soldiers and gladiators, fr. batuere to strike, beat. Cf. {Battalia}, 1st {Battel}, and see… …

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  • 6Battle of Malplaquet — Part of the War of the Spanish Succession Battle of Malplaquet, view from the allied side …

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  • 7battle — battle1 [bat′ l] n. [ME & OFr bataille < VL battalia < L battualia, exercises of gladiators and soldiers in fighting and fencing < battuere: see BATTER1] 1. a fight, esp. a large scale engagement, between armed forces on land, at sea, or …

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  • 8Battle of Svolder — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Svolder caption=The Battle of Svolder, by Otto Sinding partof= date=September 999 or 1000 place=In Oresund or near Rügen result=Allied victory Partitioning of Norway Backlash against Christianity… …

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  • 9Battle of Waterloo — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Waterloo partof=the War of the Seventh Coalition caption= Wellington at Waterloo by Robert Alexander Hillingford. date=18 June 1815 place=Waterloo, present day Belgium south of brussels result=Decisive …

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  • 10Battle of Bosra — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Bosra partof=Byzantine Arab Wars and Campaigns of Khalid ibn al Walid Roman Theater in Bosra caption= date=June July 634 place=Bosra, Syria result=Muslim victory combatant1=Rashidun Caliphate… …

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