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direptions

direptions is the plural of direption.

Meaning of direption

Noun

direption (countable and uncountable, plural direptions)

  1. (obsolete) The act of despoiling, plundering, looting, or taking away.
    • [T]heir hoſtile oppreſsions vvere increaſed by their domeſticke vexations, for that the vvhole Countrey by theſe continuall direptions, vvas utterly depriued of the ſtaffe of foode, hauing nothing left to prolong their life, but that only vvhat they got in hunting.1611, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “But First of the Downe-fall of Britaine”, in The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of yͤ Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. […], London: […] William...

Questions about direptions

What is direptions the plural of?
Direptions is the plural of direption.

Words near direptions in the dictionary

  1. diremptions
  2. dirempts
  3. direness
  4. direnesses
  5. direption
  6. direptions
  7. direr
  8. Dires
  9. diresidue
  10. diresidues
  11. diresome

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