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May 26, 2012
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con•tra•val•la•tion



Pronunciation: (kon"tru-vu-lā'shun), [key]
—n. Fort.
a more or less continuous chain of redoubts and breastworks raised by besiegers outside the line of circumvallation of a besieged place to protect the besiegers from attacks from the outside, as by a relieving force.

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