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has gloss	(noun) in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution Yorktown, siege of Yorktown
lexicalization	eng: siege of Yorktown
lexicalization	eng: Yorktown
instance of	(noun) the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack beleaguering, siege, besieging, military blockade

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part of	(noun) the revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783 War of American Independence, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, American War of Independence