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escaladed

Variant of escalade

noun

the act of scaling or climbing the walls of a fortified place by ladders

Origin: Fr < It scalata < scalare, to climb < L scala, ladder: see scale

transitive verb escaladed, escalading

to climb (a wall, etc.) or enter (a fortified place) by ladders

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