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ESCALADED
Verb
escaladed
simple past tense and past participle of escalade
Source: Wiktionary
ESCALADE
Es`ca*lade", n. Etym: [F., Sp. escalada (cf. It. scalata), fr. Sp. escalar to scale, LL. scalare, fr. L. scala ladder. See Scale, v. t.] (Mil.)
Definition: A furious attack made by troops on a fortified place, in which ladders are used to pass a ditch or mount a rampart. Sin enters, not by escalade, but by cunning or treachery. Buckminster.
Es`ca*lade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Escaladed; p. pr. & vb. n. Escalading.] (Mil.)
Definition: To mount and pass or enter by means of ladders; to scale; as, to escalate a wall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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