Definition of battle

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Battle (v. t.) A division of an army; a battalion.

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Van :: Van (n.) The front of an army; the first line or leading column; also, the front line or foremost division of a fleet, either in sailing or in battle..
Pibroch :: Pibroch (n.) A Highland air, suited to the particular passion which the musician would either excite or assuage; generally applied to those airs that are played on the bagpipe before the Highlanders when they go out to battle..
Join :: "Join (v. t.) To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join encounter, battle, issue..
Battle :: Battle (v. t.) The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia..
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die by violence, as in battle..
Embattled :: Embattled (imp. & p. p.) of Embattl.
Trophy :: Trophy (n.) A sign or memorial of a victory raised on the field of battle, or, in case of a naval victory, on the nearest land. Sometimes trophies were erected in the chief city of the conquered people..
Overbattle :: Overbattle (a.) Excessively fertile; bearing rank or noxious growths.
Rush :: Rush (v. i.) To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice..
Hard-fought :: Hard-fought (a. Vigorously) contested; as, a hard-fought battle..
Decimate :: Decimate (v. t.) To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease..
Slaughter :: Slaughter (v. t.) To visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle.
Victory :: Victory (n.) The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph; -- the opposite of defeat..
Poleaxe :: Poleaxe (n.) Anciently, a kind of battle-ax with a long handle; later, an ax or hatchet with a short handle, and a head variously patterned; -- used by soldiers, and also by sailors in boarding a vessel..
Dannebrog :: Dannebrog (n.) The ancient battle standard of Denmark, bearing figures of cross and crown..
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle..
Affair :: Affair (n.) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
Embattlement :: Embattlement (n.) The fortifying of a building or a wall by means of battlements.
Enbattled :: Enbattled (a.) Embattled.
Battle-ax :: Battle-ax (n.) Alt. of Battle-ax.
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