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BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Austerlitz; battle of Austerlitz
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)
Domain region:
Austerlitz (a town in Czech Republic; site of the battle of Austerlitz in 1805)
Holonyms ("battle of Austerlitz" is a part of...):
Napoleonic Wars (a series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon Bonaparte) and alliances involving England and Prussia and Russia and Austria at different times; 1799-1815)
