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SPANISH WAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A war between the United States and Spain in 1898
Synonyms:
Spanish-American War; Spanish War
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)
Meronyms (parts of "Spanish War"):
Manila Bay (a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet)
Santiago; Santiago de Cuba (a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the United States fleet bottled up the Spanish ships in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba and destroyed them when they tried to escape)