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consription
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compulsory enrollment of persons especially for military service
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coup d'etat
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a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics; especially : the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group
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casualties
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a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action b : a person or thing injured, lost, or destroyed
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abdicate
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to relinquish (as sovereign power) formally
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prefect
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1 : any of various high officials or magistrates of differing functions and ranks in ancient Rome
2 : a chief officer or chief magistrate |
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cede
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1 : to yield or grant typically by treaty
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Cossacks
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a member of a group of frontiersmen of southern Russia organized as cavalry in the czarist army
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feudalism
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1 : the system of political organization prevailing in Europe from the 9th to about the 15th centuries having as its basis the relation of lord to vassal with all land held in fee and as chief characteristics homage, the service of tenants under arms and in court, wardship, and forfeiture
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abolish
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1 : to end the observance or effect of : ANNUL
2 : DESTROY |
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coalition
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2 : a temporary alliance of distinct parties, persons, or states for joint action
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