"capital" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Ahmad Shah sacked the Mughal capital and withdrew with the booty he coveted.
- The invaders sacked the capital, killed the Khmer king, and made off with much booty.
- The alliance sacked the capital of Qi.
- Eventually, the Afghans broke through and sacked the capital in 1538 where they remained for several decades until the arrival of the Mughals.
- They sacked the capital causing much chaos and leading to the collapse of much of the Beiyang government's bureaucracy.
- In the old days-up until the early 1960s-swarming south and sacking the capital was the sheiks' favored means of political expression.
- The Nupe sacked the capital, destroying Oyo as a regional power until the early 17th century.
- In 1127 the Jurchen barbarians sacked the capital of the empire and carried off the emperor, and the court moved south.
- In the seventh century, a Tibetan king even annexed part of China, sacking the capital.
- In 897, an Arab raid even sacked the thematic capital, Koron.
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