† debellationn.
Obsolete.
The action of vanquishing or reducing by force of arms; conquest, subjugation.
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society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] > conquering or defeating
vanquishinga1325
conquestc1325
wainc1330
conqueringa1340
overcoming1340
conquest1384
expugnation1429
reduction1429
profligationc1475
debellation1526
defeating1536
conquessingc1550
conquesting1555
vanquishment1593
conquerment1597
eviction1602
reducement1609
debellatinga1626
debelling1651
triumphingc1850
lathering1865
1526 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 180 The debellacion of the Thurkes, enemyes of Christes feith.
1533 More (title) The Debellacyon of Salem and Bizance.
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. lxxxvii. sig. X7 We often let Vice spring, for wanting the audacity and courage of a Debellation.
1652 T. Adams God's Anger 41 An insurrection, and a debellation; a tumult, and the appeasing.
1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 748 The internecine and flagrant debellation which I have had with..Sir James Scarlett.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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