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Ma·sa·da
(mə-sä′də, -tsä-dä′) An ancient mountaintop fortress in southeast Israel on the southwest shore of the Dead Sea. In ad 73, after a two-year siege, members of the Zealot Jewish movement committed mass suicide rather than surrender to the Romans.
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Masada
(məˈsɑːdə)n
(Placename) an ancient mountaintop fortress in Israel, 400 m (1300 ft) above the W shore of the Dead Sea: the last Jewish stronghold during a revolt in Judaea (66–73 ad). Besieged by the Romans for a year, almost all of the inhabitants killed themselves rather than surrender. The site is an Israeli national monument
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Ma•sa•da
(məˈsɑ də)n.
an ancient fortress in Israel on the SW shore of the Dead Sea.
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