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

1 sense of battle of verdun

Sense 1
Verdun, battle of Verdun -- (a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped)
       INSTANCE OF=> pitched battle -- (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)