Escalade

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of scaling a fortified wall or rampart.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An act of scaling walls or fortifications
  • v. To scale the walls of a fortification.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart.
  • v. To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A mounting by means of a ladder or ladders; especially, an assault on a fortified place by troops who mount or pass its defenses by the aid of ladders.
  • To scale; mount and pass or enter by means of a ladder: as, to escalade a wall.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. climb up and over
  • n. an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification)
  • Verb Form
    escaladed    escalades    escalading   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    climb    mount    go up    climb up    scaling   
    Form
    escaladed    escalading    escalader   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    scale   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
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