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- noun The science of
besieging ;warcraft ofsieges .
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Examples
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For that we can thank the fortitude of American forces under George Washington, the siegecraft of French troops of Gen. Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, the count of Rochambeau - and the relentless bloodthirstiness of female Anopheles quadrimaculatus mosquitoes.
Malarial mosquitoes helped defeat British in battle that ended Revolutionary War J.R. McNeill 2010
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For that we can thank the fortitude of American forces under George Washington, the siegecraft of French troops of Gen. Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, the count of Rochambeau - and the relentless bloodthirstiness of female Anopheles quadrimaculatus mosquitoes.
Malarial mosquitoes helped defeat British in battle that ended Revolutionary War J.R. McNeill 2010
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It yielded valuable lessons on siegecraft, whereas Florida offered nothing they wanted to know.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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It yielded valuable lessons on siegecraft, whereas Florida offered nothing they wanted to know.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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He stood calmly amid the rocks, looking up at the castle as if he were a general taking stock of his siegecraft.
Virginity Sydney Kilgore 2010
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Second, Maxwell dwells on the significance of violence, which manifests itself in two popular plotlines: tales about royal pretenders Perkin Warbeck and company and warfare, especially "siegecraft."
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Second, Maxwell dwells on the significance of violence, which manifests itself in two popular plotlines: tales about royal pretenders Perkin Warbeck and company and warfare, especially "siegecraft."
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One of the young archers, ten yards from where Cadfael stood, was staring up in helpless fascination, a mere boy, unused to siegecraft.
A River So Long 2010
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Drawing on his experience of European siegecraft, he proposed that they construct a “siege engine” called a cavalier.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Drawing on his experience of European siegecraft, he proposed that they construct a “siege engine” called a cavalier.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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