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A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array.

the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack

A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack and defense.

the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack

An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or f…

A sudden breaking forth; a violent rending; an explosion; as, a burst of thunder; a burst of applause; a burst of passion; a burst of…

The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as,…

A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of…

To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams.

A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.

To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; -- said of the young of certain animals.

Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.

To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily.

A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet,…

That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a c…

To issue or send forth decrees or censures with the assumption of supreme authority; to thunder forth menaces.

A fortified place, in which troops are quartered for its security.

To issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid; to rush forth as a fluid from confinement; to flow copiously.