HyperDic: mexican_war

English > 1 sense of the expression Mexican War:
NOUNactMexican Warafter disputes over Texas lands that were settled by Mexicans the United States declared war on Mexico in 1846 and by treaty in 1848 took Texas and California and Arizona and New Mexico and Nevada and Utah and part of Colorado and paid Mexico $15,000,000
English > Mexican War: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningAfter disputes over Texas lands that were settled by Mexicans the United States declared war on Mexico in 1846 and by treaty in 1848 took Texas and California and Arizona and New Mexico and Nevada and Utah and part of Colorado and paid Mexico $15,000,000.
Instance ofwar, warfareThe waging of armed conflict against an enemy / enemy
PartsBuena VistaA pitched battle in the Mexican War in 1847
ChapultepecA pitched battle in the Mexican War that resulted in a major victory for American forces over Mexican forces at a locality south of Mexico City (1847)

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