Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun battle_of_midway

1 sense of battle of midway

Sense 1
Midway, Battle of Midway -- (naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands)
       INSTANCE OF=> naval battle -- (a pitched battle between naval fleets)