[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ypres
     n 1: battle in world war i 1917; an allied offensive which
          eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the
          waterlogged soil of flanders; germans introduced mustard
          gas which interfered with the allied artillery syn: battle
          of ypres, third battle of ypres
     2: battle in world war i 1915; germans wanted to try chlorine
        a toxic yellow gas as a weapon and succeeded in taking
        considerable territory from the allied salient syn: battle
        of ypres, second battle of ypres
     3: battle in world war i 1914; heavy but indecisive fighting
        as the allies and the germans both tried to break through
        the lines of the others syn: battle of ypres, first
        battle of ypres
see also:
battle of ypres third battle of ypres battle of ypres second battle of ypres battle of ypres first battle of ypres 

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