Spanish fury

noun

A vindictive or rampant bloody pillage of cities in the Low Countries by Spanish regular or mutinous troops between the years 1572–1579, during the Dutch Revolt.

“The most famous Spanish fury was the sack of Antwerp in 1576.”

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Meanings

nounSpanish fury (plural Spanish furies)

plural Spanish furies

  1. historicalA vindictive or rampant bloody pillage of cities in the Low Countries by Spanish regular or mutinous troops between the years 1572–1579, during the Dutch Revolt.

    The most famous Spanish fury was the sack of Antwerp in 1576.

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