Meaning of debellation | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Examples

“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 […]”

“They exclude […] wars that resulted in surrender or “debellation,” in which one side is completely vanquished […]”

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