ypres
IPA: ɪpɝz
Root Word: Ypres
noun
- A city in West Flanders, Belgium
- The municipality containing this city.
- Any of several battles fought near this city during the First World War.
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Examples of "ypres" in Sentences
- The page on Ypres doesn't mention it.
- I was already aware of the Ypres myth.
- Gallipoli or Ypres might be next on the list though.
- Upon the end of the battle the Ypres salient was deep.
- His history of the battle of Ypres is still in print today.
- But it can't be at Ypres as the Germans didn't capture Ypres.
- It bore the brunt of the defence at the First Battle of Ypres.
- It also worked to successfully erect a memorial church at Ypres.
- Canadian soldiers closed the breach at the Second Battle of Ypres.
- In 1924 the League proposed the erection of a memorial church at Ypres.
- pick up a couple of history books… ypres, the somme, sicily, korea… and tell me about horrific casualties.
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