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    BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Battle in World War I (1916)play

    Synonyms:

    Battle of the Somme; Somme; Somme River

    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:

    France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

    Holonyms ("Battle of the Somme" is a part of...):

    First World War; Great War; War to End War; World War 1; World War I (a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Battle of World War II (1944)play

    Synonyms:

    Battle of the Somme; Somme; Somme River

    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:

    France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

    Holonyms ("Battle of the Somme" is a part of...):

    Second World War; World War 2; World War II (a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945)

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