Ypres

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noun

1. battle in World War I (1917);
an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders;
Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery
• Syn:
battle of Ypres, third battle of Ypres
• Regions:
Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, Belgique
• Instance Hypernyms:
pitched battle
• Part Holonyms:
World War I, World War 1, Great War, First World War, War to End War
2. battle in World War I (1915);
Germans wanted to try chlorine (a toxic yellow gas) as a weapon and succeeded in taking considerable territory from the Allied salient
• Syn:
battle of Ypres, second battle of Ypres
• Regions:
Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, Belgique
• Instance Hypernyms:
pitched battle
• Part Holonyms:
World War I, World War 1, Great War, First World War, War to End War
3. battle in World War I (1914);
heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the others
• Syn:
battle of Ypres, first battle of Ypres
• Regions:
Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, Belgique
• Instance Hypernyms:
pitched battle
• Part Holonyms:
World War I, World War 1, Great War, First World War, War to End War