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

1 sense of battle of the bulge

Sense 1
Battle of the Ardennes Bulge, Battle of the Bulge, Ardennes counteroffensive -- (a battle during World War II; in December 1944 von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprise)
       INSTANCE OF=> pitched battle -- (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)