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Broken ground

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(Mil.) Rough or uneven ground; as, the troops were retarded in their advance by broken ground.
Ground recently opened with the plow.

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The moon was full and broad in the dark blue starless sky, and the broken ground of the heath looked wild enough in the mysterious light to be hundreds of miles away from the great city that lay beneath it.
There was nothing fresh to be seen from the line, for from where they had been before it had been evident that it was impossible for cavalry to act among the bushes and broken ground, as well as that the French were outflanking our left.
There was nothing but rough, broken ground covered densely with weeds and brambles, and tall, rank, grass.
 
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