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LINE OF BATTLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A line formed by troops or ships prepared to deliver or receive an attack
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("line of battle" is a kind of...):
line (a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops))
Meronyms (parts of "line of battle"):
salient ((military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
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