battle of Atlanta

Other forms: battles of Atlanta

Definitions of battle of Atlanta
  1. noun
    a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864
    synonyms: Atlanta
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    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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