Collins GEM English Thesaurus. Collins Dictionaries
Bats
| barbastelle |
| false vampire |
| flying fox |
| fruit bat |
| hammerhead |
| horseshoe bat |
| insectivorous bat |
| kalong |
| noctule |
| pipistrelle |
| serotine |
| vampire bat |
batch NOUN = group, set, lot, crowd, pack, collection, quantity, bunchbath NOUN = wash, cleaning, shower, soak, cleansing, scrub, scrubbing, douche ▸ VERB = clean, wash, shower, soak, cleanse, scrub, bathe, rinsebathe VERB 1 = swim 2 = wash, clean, bath, shower, soak, cleanse, scrub, rinse 3 = cleanse, clean, wash, soak, rinse 4 = cover, flood, steep, engulf, immerse, overrun, suffuse, wash overbaton NOUN = stick, club, staff, pole, rod, crook, cane, mace, mere (N.Z.), patu (N.Z.)batter VERB = beat, hit, strike, knock, bang, thrash, pound, buffetbattery NOUN = artillery, ordnance, gunnery, gun emplacement, cannonrybattle NOUN 1 = fight, attack, action, struggle, conflict, clash, encounter, combat, biffo (Austral. slang), boilover (Austral.) ◼ OPPOSITE: peace 2 = conflict, campaign, struggle, dispute, contest, crusade 3 = campaign, drive, movement, push (informal), struggle ▸ VERB 1 = wrestle, war, fight, argue, dispute, grapple, clamour, lock horns 2 = struggle, work, labour, strain, strive, toil, go all out (informal), give it your best shot (informal)
Famous battles
| Aboukir Bay or Abukir Bay | 1798 |
| Actium | 31 B.C. |
| Agincourt | 1415 |
| Alamo | 1836 |
| Algiers | 1957 |
| Arnhem | 1944 |
| Atlantic | 1939-45 |
| Austerlitz | 1805 |
| Balaklava or Balaclava | 1854 |
| Bannockburn | 1314 |
| Barnet | 1471 |
| Bautzen | 1813 |
| Belleau Wood | 1918 |
| Blenheim | 1704 |
| Borodino | 1812 |
| Bosworth Field | 1485 |
| Boyne | 1690 |
| Britain | 1940 |
| Battle of the Bulge | 1944-45 |
| Bull Run | 1861;1862 |
| Bunker Hill | 1775 |
| Cannae | 216 B.C. |
| Crécy | 1346 |
| Culloden | 1746 |
| Dien Bien Phu | 1954 |
| Edgehill | 1642 |
| El Alamein | 1942 |
| Falkirk | 1298; 1746 |
| Flodden | 1513 |
| Gettysburg | 1863 |
| Goose Green | 1982 |
| Guadalcanal | 1942-3 |
| Hastings | 1066 |
| Hohenlinden | 1800 |
| Imphal | 1944 |
| Inchon | 1950 |
| Inkerman | 1854 |
| Issus | 333 B.C. |
| Jemappes | 1792 |
| Jena | 1806 |
| Killiecrankie | 1689 |
| Kursk | 1943 |
| Ladysmith | 1899-1900 |
| Le Cateau | 1914 |
| Leipzig | 1813 |
| Lepanto | 1571 |
| Leyte Gulf | 1944 |
| Little Bighorn | 1876 |
| Lützen | 1632 |
| Manassas | 1861; 1862 |
| Mantinea or Mantineia | 418 B.C.; 362 B.C. |
| Marathon | 490 B.C. |
| Marengo | 1800 |
| Marston Moor | 1644 |
| Missionary Ridge | 1863 |
| Naseby | 1645 |
| Navarino | 425 B.C. |
| Omdurman | 1898 |
| Passchendaele | 1917 |
| Philippi | 42 B.C. |
| Plains of Abraham | 1759 |
| Plassey | 1757 |
| Plataea | 479 B.C. |
| Poltava | 1709 |
| Prestonpans | 1745 |
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