单词 | demonstrationizing |
释义 | † demonstrationizingn. Obsolete. rare. A show of military force; = demonstration n. 6. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > show of force show1548 show of force1606 armed demonstration1806 demonstration1806 demonstrationizing1882 1882 St. James's Gaz. 28 June 3/1 It should be argued not upon the history of our recent demonstrationizings alone; we should not lose sight of the position of the Government... The more judicious of its members seem to fancy that if once more demonstration comes to nothing—if..the Government abandon their warlike intentions and fetch home their ships, that Government will speedily be as a candle-end flaring in the socket with stench intolerable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1882 |
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