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- Medieval Latin · borrowed fromdēbellātiō“total defeat”
- English todaydebellation
Borrowed from Medieval Latin dēbellātiō (“total defeat”), from dēbellō (“conquer, subjugate”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
debellation
Today it means: The act of conquering or subjugation in war. Full definition →
Medieval Latin dēbellātiō