alliance : Idioms & Phrases

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northern alliance

  • noun a multiethnic alliance in Afghanistan who practice a moderate form of Islam and are united in their opposition to the Taliban
    United Front.
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Ranal alliance

  • (Bot.), a name proposed by Lindley for a group of natural orders, including Ranunculaceæ, Magnoliaceæ, Papaveraceæ, and others related to them.
Webster 1913

war of the grand alliance

  • noun an aggressive war waged by Louis XIV against Spain and the Holy Roman Empire and England and Holland and other states (1689-1697)
    War of the League of Augsburg.
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