french_revolution has definitions from the fields of military,politics
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[ noun ] (military,politics) the revolution in France against the Bourbons; 1789-1799

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A British writer , Richard_Haestier , in a book , Dead_Men_Tell_Tales , recalls that in the turmoil preceding French_Revolution the body of Henry_/4 , , who had died nearly 180 years earlier , was torn to pieces by a mob .

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