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siege of Yorktown, n.

in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution
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Yorktown siege of Yorktown

semantic pointers

instance hypernym

siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade

part holonym

American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, War of American Independence, American War of Independence

domain of synset (region)

Virginia, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA, Va.