[ noun ] a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped <noun.act>
He urged the Senate not to succumb to "a lust for revenge." Experts say this year's drought isn't as bad as last year's, but that's little consolation for farmers like Verdun Schauer.
Mansour, a 32-year-old bank clerk, has learned in six months of artillery battles between the Syrians and Christians that when Ashrafiyeh gets hit, the Christians respond by shelling Verdun.
In 1916, the longest and bloodiest battle of World War I, the Battle of Verdun, began in France.
But hearing the screams of death and agony of our neighbors, this I can't take." An artillery round early Tuesday hit Mrs. Shatilla's neighbors on Rue Verdun.