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SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A war between the United States and Spain in 1898

Synonyms:

Spanish-American War; Spanish War

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)

Meronyms (parts of "Spanish-American War"):

Manila Bay (a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet)

Santiago; Santiago de Cuba (a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the United States fleet bottled up the Spanish ships in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba and destroyed them when they tried to escape)

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