debellation

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of conquering or subjugation in war. obsolete,uncountable
  2. The annihilation of a sovereign state through its complete destruction in a war. uncommon,uncountable
    — Strupp goes on to speak of transfer of territory ‘by annexation after debellation’.

词源

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dēbellātiō (“total defeat”), from dēbellō (“conquer, subjugate”).
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