1. a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped; [syn: Verdun, battle of Verdun]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
battle of Verdun
n 1: a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest
fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped
[syn: Verdun, battle of Verdun]