alamo
English Thesaurus
1. a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico (noun.act)
| instance hypernym | : | butchery, carnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughter, |
| definition | : | the savage and excessive killing of many people (noun.act) |
| instance hypernym | : | beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege, |
| definition | : | the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack (noun.act) |
| domain region | : | san antonio, |
| definition | : | a city of south central Texas; site of the Alamo; site of several military bases and a popular haven for vacationers (noun.location) |
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