FONTENOY

Fontenoy, Battle of Fontenoy

(noun) a battle in 1745 in which the French army under Marshal Saxe defeated the English army and their allies under the duke of Cumberland

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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29 April 2024

SUBDUCTION

(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate


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