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BATTLE OF BULL RUN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles
Synonyms:
Battle of Bull Run; Bull Run
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:
Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Va.; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)
Holonyms ("Battle of Bull Run" is a part of...):
American Civil War; United States Civil War; War between the States (civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865)
