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Slighting is the deliberate damage of high-status buildings to reduce their value as military, administrative or social structures. This destruction of property is sometimes extended to the contents of buildings and the surrounding landscape. It is a phenomenon with complex motivations and was often used as a tool of control. Slighting spanned cultures and periods, with especially well-known examples from the English Civil War in the 17th century.

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  1. slight:

    adj Small.

    adj Gentle or weak, not aggressive or powerful.

    adj Not thorough; superficial.

    adj Trifling; unimportant; insignificant.

    adj (archaic or rare) Not far away in space or time.

    adj Of slender build.

    adj (regional) Even, smooth or level.

    adj (especially said of the sea) Still; with little or no movement on the surface.

    adj (obsolete) Foolish; silly; not intellectual.

    adj (regional, obsolete) Bad, of poor quality.

    adj (dated) Slighting; treating with disdain.

    v (transitive) To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.

    v (transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.

    v (transitive) To treat (someone or something) with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully; to skimp on one's duties toward.

    v (intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly.

    v (transitive, military, of a fortification) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.

    v (obsolete, transitive) To make even or level.

    v (transitive) To throw heedlessly.

    n The act of ignoring or snubbing; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.

    n (obsolete) Sleight.

    n A surname from Middle English.


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