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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ser-prahy-zuh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : sərˈpraɪ zəl |
Définition of surprisal
- As in sneak attack : noun surprise attack
- Unless by surprisal and extreme despatch, there is clearly no hope!
- Extract from : « History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XX. (of XXI.) » by Thomas Carlyle
- Everything was to be conducted with secrecy and by the way of surprisal.
- Extract from : « The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving » by Washington Irving
- To attempt the surprisal of this isolated post, thus strongly fortified, was a perilous enterprise.
- Extract from : « The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving » by Washington Irving
- The surprisal of this was entrusted to Tarleton, who, with his dragoons was in Webster's advanced guard.
- Extract from : « The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving » by Washington Irving
- He is so honourably merciful to women in surprisal, that only that makes him an excellent courtier.
- Extract from : « Character Writings of the 17th Century » by Various
- He that receives that traitor within his gates shall too late complain of surprisal.
- Extract from : « Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England » by Richard Valpy French
- The tradition probably refers to an unsuccessful attempt at surprisal by their enemies.
- Extract from : « Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by James Athearn Jones
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