Debellatio
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2024 6:56 pm
Wikipedia's definition:
Supposedly an obsolete word, but given what Russia and Israel are doing, perhaps it's time to resurrect it?The term debellatio or "debellation" (Latin "defeating, or the act of conquering or subduing", literally, "warring (the enemy) down", from Latin bellum "war") designates the end of war caused by complete destruction of a hostile state. Israeli law-school professor Eyal Benvenisti defines it as "a situation in which a party to a conflict has been totally defeated in war, its national institutions have disintegrated, and none of its allies continue to challenge the enemy militarily on its behalf"