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    SIEGE OF VICKSBURG

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrenderedplay

    Synonyms:

    siege of Vicksburg; Vicksburg

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Instance hypernyms:

    beleaguering; besieging; military blockade; siege (the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack)

    Domain region:

    Magnolia State; Miss.; Mississippi; MS (a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War)

    Holonyms ("siege of Vicksburg" is a part of...):

    American Civil War; United States Civil War; War between the States (civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865)

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