siege of yorktown
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1. in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution (noun.act)
| instance hypernym | : | beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege, |
| definition | : | the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack (noun.act) |
| part meronym | : | american revolution, american revolutionary war, american war of independence, war of american independence, |
| definition | : | the revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783 (noun.act) |
| domain region | : | old dominion, old dominion state, va, virginia, |
| definition | : | a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War (noun.location) |
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