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Spanish fury

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.

Noun

Spanish fury (plural Spanish furies)

  1. (historical) 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.

Forms of Spanish fury

pluralSpanish furies

Questions about Spanish fury

What does Spanish fury mean?
Spanish fury means 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.
What part of speech is Spanish fury?
Spanish fury is a noun.
What is the plural of Spanish fury?
The plural of Spanish fury is Spanish furies.

Words near Spanish fury in the dictionary

  1. Spanish fowl
  2. Spanish fowls
  3. Spanish fox
  4. Spanish foxes
  5. Spanish furies
  6. Spanish fury
  7. Spanish Game
  8. Spanish grass
  9. Spanish green
  10. Spanish Guinea
  11. Spanish Guinean

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