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pitched battle, n.

a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
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pitched battle

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hypernym

battle, fight, engagement, conflict

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Agincourt Austerlitz, battle of Austerlitz Bannockburn Battle of Kerbala Battle of the Ardennes Bulge, Battle of the Bulge, Ardennes counteroffensive Battle of the Marne, Belleau Wood, Chateau-Thierry, Marne River Blenheim Borodino Bosworth Field Bouvines Boyne, battle of Boyne Brunanburh, battle of Brunanburh Buena Vista Bull Run, Battle of Bull Run Bunker Hill, battle of Bunker Hill Cannae Caporetto, battle of Caporetto Caudine Forks Chaeronea Chalons, Chalons-sur-Marne Chancellorsville Chapultepec Chattanooga, battle of Chattanooga Chickamauga, battle of Chickamauga Cowpens, battle of Cowpens Crecy, battle of Crecy Cunaxa, battle of Cunaxa Cynoscephalae, battle of Cynoscephalae El Alamein, Al Alamayn, Battle of El Alamein Flodden, Battle of Flodden Field Fontenoy, Battle of Fontenoy Fort Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga Fredericksburg, Battle of Fredericksburg Gettysburg, Battle of Gettysburg Granicus, Battle of Granicus River Guadalcanal, Battle of Guadalcanal Hastings, battle of Hastings Hohenlinden, battle of Hohenlinden Ipsus, battle of Ipsus Issus, battle of Issus Ivry, battle of Ivry, Ivry la Bataille Jena, Battle of Jena Kennesaw Mountain Lake Trasimenus, Battle of Lake Trasimenus Langside, battle of Langside Leuctra, battle of Leuctra Lexington, Concord, Lexington and Concord Lule Burgas, battle of Lule Burgas Lutzen, battle of Lutzen Magenta, Battle of Magenta Maldon, Battle of Maldon Mantinea, Mantineia Marathon, battle of Marathon Marengo Marston Moor, battle of Marston Moor Metaurus River Minden, battle of Minden Monmouth Court House, Battle of Monmouth Court House, Battle of Monmouth Naseby, Battle of Naseby Omdurman, battle of Omdurman Panipat, battle of Panipat Pharsalus, battle of Pharsalus Philippi, battle of Philippi Plassey, battle of Plassey Plataea, battle of Plataea Poitiers, battle of Poitiers Port Arthur Battle of Puebla Pydna, Battle of Pydna Ravenna, Battle of Ravenna Rocroi, Battle of Rocroi Rossbach, battle of Rossbach Saint-Mihiel, St Mihiel, battle of St Mihiel Saratoga, battle of Saratoga Sempach, battle of Sempach Shiloh, battle of Shiloh, battle of Pittsburgh Landing Soissons, battle of Soissons-Reims, battle of the Chemin-des-Dames, battle of the Aisne Solferino, battle of Solferino Somme, Somme River, Battle of the Somme Somme, Somme River, Battle of the Somme Spotsylvania, battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse Tannenberg, battle of Tannenberg Tertry, battle of Tertry Teutoburger Wald, battle of Teutoburger Wald Tewkesbury, battle of Tewkesbury Thermopylae, battle of Thermopylae Trasimeno, battle of Trasimeno Valmy, battle of Valmy Verdun, battle of Verdun Wagram, battle of Wagram Waterloo, Battle of Waterloo Yalu River Ypres, battle of Ypres, first battle of Ypres Ypres, battle of Ypres, second battle of Ypres Ypres, battle of Ypres, third battle of Ypres Zama, battle of Zama