Engagement

Of military, war and action.   May also be referred to as battle, conflict and fight.

A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement".

This concept's ID is @1~4963

Military

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