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battle of Atlanta

DEFINITIONS OF: battle of Atlanta

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n a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864

Synonyms:
Atlanta
Example of:
beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege
the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
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