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    ARGONNE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11play

    Synonyms:

    Argonne; Argonne Forest; Meuse; Meuse-Argonne; Meuse-Argonne operation; Meuse River

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Instance hypernyms:

    military operation; operation (activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign))

    Meronyms (parts of "Argonne"):

    battle of St Mihiel; Saint-Mihiel; St Mihiel (a battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918); the battle in which American troops launched their first offensive in France)

    Domain region:

    France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

    Holonyms ("Argonne" is a part of...):

    First World War; Great War; War to End War; World War 1; World War I (a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918)

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