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VERDUN

\vˈɜːdʌn], \vˈɜːdʌn], \v_ˈɜː_d_ʌ_n]\

Definitions of VERDUN

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

ver-dun', n. a 16th-cent. form of rapier. [From the French town Verdun.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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