noun
a battle in the Meuse-Argonne operation in World War I (1918); the battle in which American troops launched their first offensive in France
• Syn: ↑St Mihiel, ↑battle of St Mihiel
• Regions: ↑France, ↑French Republic
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle
• Part Holonyms: ↑Meuse, ↑Meuse River, ↑Argonne, ↑Argonne Forest, ↑Meuse-Argonne, ↑Meuse-Argonne operation
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[ˌsen mē'yel]a commune in northeastern France; pop. 5,000. Fighting independently for the first time in World War I, U.S. troops took the village from the Germans in September 1918
Useful english dictionary. 2012.