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Alamo   /ˈæləmoʊ/   Listen
Alamo

noun
1.
A siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.





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"Alamo" Quotes from Famous Books



... concessions extend so far as to cede these three States back to Mexico, I cannot hazard a prediction. I can see, however, where it is not at all improbable that New Mexico and Arizona may be considered too costly to hold. Texas," he smiled, "Texas remembers too vividly her Alamo. Mexico, if she is wise, does ...
— Starr, of the Desert • B. M Bower


Words linked to "Alamo" :   butchery, besieging, beleaguering, carnage, slaughter, siege, mass murder, military blockade, San Antonio, massacre


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