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debellation
noun 2
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2VERB + DEBELLATION
favored, total
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after, in, in
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noun
1
The act of conquering or subjugation in war.
2
The annihilation of a sovereign state through its complete destruction in a war.
Strupp goes on to speak of transfer of territory ‘by annexation after debellation’.
This time, the arguments of those who favored the total debellation of the defeated adversary were again defeated […]
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Strupp goes on to speak of transfer of territory ‘by annexation after debellation’.
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This time, the arguments of those who favored the total debellation of the defeated adversary were again defeated […]
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They exclude […] wars that resulted in surrender or “debellation,” in which one side is completely vanquished […]
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