battle
31battle — /ˈbætl / (say batl) noun 1. a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing forces. 2. any extended or intense fight, struggle or contest: the battle between sand miners and conservationists. 3. Obsolete a battalion. –verb (battled, battling)… …
32battle*/*/ — [ˈbæt(ə)l] noun I 1) [C/U] a fight between two armies in a war one of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War[/ex] soldiers wounded in battle[/ex] the Battle of Waterloo[/ex] 2) [C] a situation in which people or groups compete with each… …
33battle — 1. adjective /ˈbætəl,ˈbæɾl̩/ a) Improving; nutritious; fattening. battle grass, battle pasture b) Fertile; fruitful. battle soil, battle land 2. verb …
34battle — {{11}}battle (n.) c.1300, from O.Fr. bataille battle, single combat, also inner turmoil, harsh circumstances; army, body of soldiers, from L.L. battualia exercise of soldiers and gladiators in fighting and fencing, from L. battuere to beat, to… …
35Battle of Bi — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Bi partof= caption= date= 595 BC place= casus= territory= result=Chu victory combatant1=Chu combatant2=Jin commander1= commander2= strength1=Unknown strength2=Unknown casualties1=Unknown… …
36Battle — I Battle [bætl], englischer Ort in der County East Sussex, 10 km nordwestlich von Hastings, 5 100 Einwohner. An einem (Senlac Hill genannt) Bergrücken südöstlich von Battle fand 1066 die Schlacht von Hastings statt. Aufgrund eines Gelübdes… …
37Battle — This interesting surname has a number of possible origins. Firstly, it may be of English locational origin from Battle, in Suffolk, recorded as La batailge in the Domesday Book of 1086, which got its name from being the site of the Battle of… …
38battle — Kaua, ho ouka kaua, paio. See sayings, pūliki1, wanawana. ♦ Formal battle lines, kūkulu. ♦ Sham battle, kānekupua, pahukala, kaua kio. ♦ Type of battle formation, kahului. ♦ Battle unit, huna kaua. ♦ Battle song, mele ka i kaua …
39battle — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English batel, from Anglo French bataille battle, battalion, from Late Latin battalia combat, alteration of battualia fencing exercises, from Latin battuere to beat Date: 13th century 1. archaic… …
40Battle of Đức Cơ — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Duc Co partof=the Vietnam War date=August 9, 1966 place=Đức Cơ, South Vietnam result=Allied victory combatant1= combatant2= commander1=Unknown commander2=Byung Soo Choi strength1= strength2=… …
