Verdun
['vεdʌn]
Definition
(noun.) a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped.
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Definition
n. a 16th-cent. form of rapier.
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Examples
- Longwy had fallen, the great fortress of Verdun followed, and nothing seemed likely to stop the march of the allies upon the capital. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These are Alsace, the three bishoprics of Mentz, Toul, and Verdun, and the three cities of Dunkirk, Bayonne, and Marseilles. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The French left might be swung back south-eastwardly on Verdun, as a pivot, and crowded back upon its right, as one shuts an open razor. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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