Ma·sa·da (m -sä d, -tsä-dä) An ancient mountaintop fortress in southeast Israel on the southwest shore of the Dead Sea. In a.d. 73, after a two-year siege, members of the Zealot Jewish movement committed mass suicide rather than surrender to the Romans. |
Masada [məˈsɑːdə]
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(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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