noun
a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped
• Syn: ↑battle of Verdun
• Regions: ↑France, ↑French Republic
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑pitched battle
• Part Holonyms: ↑World War I, ↑World War 1, ↑Great War, ↑First World War, ↑War to End War
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/ver dun", verr-/; Fr. /verdd dueonn"/, n.
1. a fortress city in NE France, on the Meuse River. A German offensive was stopped here in 1916 in the bloodiest fighting of World War I. 26,927.
2. a city in S Quebec, in SE Canada. 68,013.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.