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"
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assembly
a group of persons gathered together for a common purpose
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council
a meeting of people for consultation; "emergency council"
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meeting
the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day"
