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escalades

/ˌɛskəˈleɪdz/

Meanings
noun
An act of scaling walls or fortifications

Examples :

"An escalade was required for the warriors to attack the troops."
military action war

Related Words

Illustration required

required verb

/ɹɪˈkwaɪəd/ /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹd/

To ask (someone) for something; to request.

"The teacher required the students to bring their textbooks to class every day. "

Illustration walls

walls noun

/wɔːlz/ /wɔlz/

A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.

"The old city had strong walls to protect it from enemies. "

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for preposition

/fɔːr/

Used to indicate the object or recipient of an action.

"This gift is for you."

Illustration the

the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

Illustration act

act noun

/æk/

Something done, a deed.

"an act of goodwill"

Illustration an

an numeral

/æn/

One

"My sister has an older brother. "

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escalade noun

/ˌɛskəˈleɪd/ /ˈɛskəˌleɪd/

An act of scaling walls or fortifications

"An escalade was required for the warriors to attack the troops."

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fortifications noun

/ˌfɔːrtɪfɪˈkeɪʃənz/ /ˌfɔːrtəfɪˈkeɪʃənz/

The act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places to strengthen defence against an enemy.

"The medieval city's fortifications, including its high walls and deep moat, protected it from attack. "

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attack noun

/əˈtæk/

An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.

"The bully's attack on the smaller child left him with a bruised arm. "

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warriors noun

/ˈwɒɹɪəz/ /ˈwɑɹiə(ɹ)z/

A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.

"The basketball team, known as the Warriors, fought hard to win the championship. "

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troops noun

/tɹuːps/

(collective) A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).

""A large troops of excited children ran onto the playground during recess." "

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scaling verb

/ˈskeɪlɪŋ/

To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.

"We should scale that up by a factor of 10."