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MEUSE-ARGONNE OPERATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11
Synonyms:
Argonne; Argonne Forest; Meuse; Meuse-Argonne; Meuse-Argonne operation; Meuse River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
military operation; operation (activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign))
Meronyms (parts of "Meuse-Argonne operation"):
battle of St Mihiel; Saint-Mihiel; St Mihiel (a battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918); the battle in which American troops launched their first offensive in France)
Domain region:
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
Holonyms ("Meuse-Argonne operation" 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)
