SLIGHTING

Slighting

A slighting is the deliberate destruction, partial or complete, of a fortification without opposition. Sometimes, such as during the Wars of Scottish Independence and the English Civil War, the intention was to render the structure unusable as a fortress.

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slighting

Verb

His slighting of the company chairman was considered to be inappropriate behaviour.

Adjective

  1. In the manner of a slight; belittling, deprecative


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