pāhoro
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to take by assault, storm (a fortress).
I muri mai i te hinganga o ngā Hauhau i Te Hātepe, ka pāhorotia e Pereiha rāua ko Mōkena tō rātau pā i kō tata atu, arā, i Pākairomiromi (TTR 1990:382). / After the fall of the Hauhau from Te Hātepe, Fraser and Mōkena stormed their position at nearby Pākairomiromi.
2. (noun) fall, capture.
Nā Te Keepa te pāhoro tuatahi, nā Rāpata i whai atu i muri, ka riro (TTR 1990:384). / Te Keepa attacked first and then Rāpata followed and it was taken.
