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Ma·sada (mə sä′də, mä sä dä′)

ancient Jewish fortress in Israel, near the Dead Sea: site of a prolonged Roman siege ( 72-73) resulting in a mass suicide by the Jews to avoid capture

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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