OPERATION DESERT STORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Operation Desert Storm mean? 

• OPERATION DESERT STORM (noun)
  The noun OPERATION DESERT STORM has 1 sense:

1. the United States and its allies defeated Iraq in a ground war that lasted 100 hours (1991)

  Familiarity information: OPERATION DESERT STORM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPERATION DESERT STORM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The United States and its allies defeated Iraq in a ground war that lasted 100 hours (1991)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

military operation; operation (activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign))

Domain region:

Middle East; Mideast; Near East (the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century)

Holonyms ("Operation Desert Storm" is a part of...):

Gulf War; Persian Gulf War (a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991)