second battle of Ypres

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

noun

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:
Ypres, battle of Ypres
• Regions:
Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, Belgique
• Instance Hypernyms:
pitched battle
• Part Holonyms:
World War I, World War 1, Great War, First World War, War to End War