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41battering ram — 1. an ancient military device with a heavy horizontal ram for battering down walls, gates, etc. 2. any of various similar devices, usually machine powered, used in demolition, by police and firefighters to force entrance to a building, etc. [1605 …
42ravage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. lay waste, pillage, plunder, sack, devastate. See destruction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. pillage, overrun, devastate, destroy, despoil, lay waste, plunder, sack, desolate, wreck, waste, disrupt,… …
43weapons and warfare, siege — Modern scholars are unsure when the first sieges of fortified towns in Mesopotamia and surrounding regions took place. Most experts agree that the existence of fortified walls, especially brick and stone ones, around many early towns indicates …
44battering ram — noun Date: 1593 1. a military siege engine consisting of a large wooden beam with a head of iron used in ancient times to beat down the walls of a besieged place 2. a heavy metal bar with handles used (as by firefighters) to batter down doors and …
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46High King Math — Math son of Mathonwy is the High King of the fictional realm of Prydain in the Lloyd Alexander novel series The Chronicles of Prydain. He rules above all lesser kings in Prydain. Math is patriarch of the Royal House of Don, comprised of… …
47Second Persian conquest of Egypt — Ochus, besides his 330,000 Asiatics, had now a force of 14,000 Greeks, the mercenaries under Mentor having joined him. Marshalling his army in four divisions, he proceeded to the attack. The first, second, and third divisions contained, each of… …
48batteringram — bat·ter·ing ram (bătʹər ĭng) n. 1. A very heavy metal bar used by firefighters and law enforcement officers to break down walls and doors. 2. A heavy beam used in ancient and medieval warfare to batter down the walls and gates of a place under… …
49Zacharias — • The prophecy of Zacharias is one of the books admitted by both Jews and Christians into their canon of Sacred Writings, one of the Minor Prophets Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Zacharias Zacharias …
50abate — I. v. a. 1. Lessen, diminish, decrease, reduce, lower, relax, slacken. 2. Remit, allow, bate, rebate, deduct. 3. Moderate, assuage, mitigate, soothe, soften, qualify, alleviate, mollify, allay, appease, pacify, compose, tranquillize, temper,… …
