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Ypres


Definition: Meaning of, Ypres in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈiːpr(ə);ipʀ /

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  1. a town in southern Belgium where three great battles took place in World War I. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers died in these battles, but neither side gained much advantage. British soldiers called it Wipers .
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  • battle of Ypres (noun)
    1. 1917 battle in World War I ; 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
    2. 1914 battle in World War I ; heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the others
  • first battle of Ypres (noun)
    1. 1914 battle in World War I ; heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the others
  • second battle of Ypres (noun)
    1. a toxic yellow gas 1915 battle in World War I ; Germans wanted to try chlorine as a weapon and succeeded in taking considerable territory from the Allied salient
  • third battle of Ypres (noun)
    1. 1917 battle in World War I ; 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
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