ALAMO as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico
   
   Hypernyms(s) Alamo is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • siege (what does siege mean?)
   • besieging (what does besieging mean?)
   • beleaguering (what does beleaguering mean?)
   • military blockade (what does military blockade mean?)
   • slaughter (what does slaughter mean?)
   • massacre (what does massacre mean?)
   • mass murder (what does mass murder mean?)
   • carnage (what does carnage mean?)
   • butchery (what does butchery mean?)