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Total body disruption is invariably fatal to most complex life, such as humans, as structures necessary for continued survival are destroyed or otherwise rendered non-functional. In the case of humans, the brain (if not destroyed) is deprived of oxygenated blood , while other organs (if not destroyed) are deprived of the involuntary functions ...
Sack: the destruction and looting of a city, usually after an assault. Safe-guard: individual soldiers or detachments placed to prevent resources (often farms full of crops and livestock) from being looted or plundered; Salients: a pocket or "bulge" in a fortified or battle line. The enemy's line facing a salient is referred to as a "re-entrant".
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel signing the unconditional surrender of the German Wehrmacht. The term debellatio or "debellation" (Latin 'defeating, or the act of conquering or subduing', literally, 'warring (the enemy) down', from Latin bellum 'war') designates the end of war caused by complete destruction of a hostile state.
A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
The Stoning of Achan by Gustav Doré.Achan pillaged gold, silver, and a costly garment from Jericho, and was punished by stoning. [1]Herem or cherem (Hebrew: חרם, ḥērem), as used in the Tanakh, means something given over to the Lord, or under a ban, and sometimes refers to things or persons to be utterly destroyed.
Days after warning that it couldn't assure diplomats' safety in the event of war, the news of the day is that North Korea is preparing for a missile test on April 10. Another day, another act set ...
Scholarship varies on the definition of genocide employed when analysing whether events are genocidal in nature. [2] The United Nations Genocide Convention, not always employed, defines genocide as "any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or ...
Holiday preparations are in full swing, and no one wants to be on the “bad” list this time of year. When it comes to our legal climate, however, Louisiana has managed just that, even after ...