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  • 121ice|break|er — «YS BRAY kuhr», noun. 1. a strong boat used to break a channel through ice; iceboat: »An atomic powered icebreaker [makes] possible much broader explorations of polar regions (Wall Street Journal). 2. a structure for protection against moving ice …

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  • 122Bleed Into Me — infobox Book | name = Bleed Into Me title orig = translator = image caption = First Edition Cover author = Stephen Graham Jones illustrator = cover artist = Jacket design by country = United States language = English series = genre = publisher =… …

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  • 123Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …

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  • 124smash — Synonyms and related words: Waterloo, abrade, accident, annihilate, appulse, asphyxiate, atomize, bang, bang into, bash, bastinado, bat, be poised, bear market, bearish market, beat, beat down, beating, belt, bend, best seller, biff, big hit,… …

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  • 125fall — fall1 W1S1 [fo:l US fo:l] v past tense fell [fel] past participle fallen [ˈfo:lən US ˈfo:l ] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move downwards)¦ 2¦(stop standing/walking etc)¦ 3¦(decrease)¦ 4¦(become)¦ 5¦(belong to a group)¦ 6 fall short of something 7 fall victim/prey… …

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  • 126fall — 1 verb, past tense fell past participle fallen 1 MOVE DOWNWARDS (I) to move downwards from a higher position to a lower position: The rain had started falling again. (+out of/from/on): Wyatt fell from a second floor window. (+down): I m always… …

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  • 127crash — Synonyms and related words: Waterloo, a habit, accident, acquired tolerance, acute alcoholism, addictedness, addiction, alcoholism, amphetamine withdrawal symptoms, appulse, atomize, awake the dead, bang, bang into, bankruptcy, barbiturate… …

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  • 128smash — smash1 [ smæʃ ] verb ** 1. ) transitive to break something noisily into many pieces by dropping or hitting it with a lot of force: Someone had smashed a window. a ) intransitive to break noisily into many pieces: The bottle slipped and smashed to …

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