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  • 31Buñuel, Luis — (1900 1983)    Although Luis Buñuel was regarded as the foremost Spanish film director for over three decades, his actual Spanish output is surprisingly small: he produced and directed the documentary Las Hurdes, Tierra Sin Pan in 1932 (which was …

    Historical dictionary of Spanish cinema

  • 32exterminate — [[t]ɪkstɜ͟ː(r)mɪneɪt[/t]] exterminates, exterminating, exterminated VERB To exterminate a group of people or animals means to kill all of them. [V n] A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats... [V n] They have a real fear that they ll be… …

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  • 33fumigated — adj. exposed to smoke or steam for the purpose of disinfecting or exterminating pests fu·mi·gate || fjuːmɪgeɪt v. expose to smoke or steam for the purpose of disinfecting or exterminating pests …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 34exterminator — [ek stʉr′mə nāt΄ər, ikstʉr′mə nāt΄ər] n. [LL(Ec)] a person or thing that exterminates; specif., ☆ a) a person whose work or business is exterminating rats, cockroaches, and other vermin ☆ b) a powder, liquid, etc. for exterminating vermin …

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  • 35Exterminate — Ex*ter mi*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exterminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exterminating}.] [L. exterminatus, p. p. of exterminare to abolish, destroy, drive out or away; ex out + terminus boundary, limit. See {Term}.] 1. To drive out or away; to expel …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 36Exterminated — Exterminate Ex*ter mi*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exterminated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exterminating}.] [L. exterminatus, p. p. of exterminare to abolish, destroy, drive out or away; ex out + terminus boundary, limit. See {Term}.] 1. To drive out or… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 37Extermination — Ex*ter mi*na tion, n. [Cf. F. extermination.] 1. The act of exterminating; total destruction; eradication; excision; as, the extermination of inhabitants or tribes, of error or vice, or of weeds from a field. [1913 Webster] 2. (Math.) Elimination …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 38Islamic conquest of Afghanistan — The Islamic conquest of Afghanistan (656 870 CE) began after the Islamic conquest of Persia, when Arab Muslims shattered the might of the Persian Sassanians at the battles of Walaja, al Qādisiyyah and Nahavand. The Arabs then began to move… …

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  • 39Book of Joshua — This article is about the canonical book of the Hebrew Bible. For information on the Samaritan version, see Book of Joshua (Samaritan). Hebrew Bible …

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  • 40Biological warfare — For the use of biological agents by terrorists, see bioterrorism. Weapons of mass destruction …

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