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  • 41Rampart College — El Rampart College (también llamado Freedom College[1] y Freedom School[2] ) fue un instituto superior libertario establecido por Robert LeFevre en Colorado, Estados Unidos.[3] Ofrecía una formación no acreditada de 4 años, de formación política …

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  • 42Rampart Handicap — The Rampart Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early March at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. The race is open to filles and mares, age three and up, willing to race one and one eighth miles on the dirt …

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  • 43Rampart grenades — Grenade Gre*nade , n. [F. grenade a pomegranate, a grenade, or Sp. granada; orig., filled with seeds. So called from the resemblance of its shape to a pomegranate. See {Carnet}, {Grain} a kernel, and cf. {Pomegranate}.] (Min.) A hollow ball or… …

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  • 44rampart — noun Etymology: Middle French, from ramparer to fortify, from re + emparer to defend, from Old Occitan emparar, from Vulgar Latin *imparare, from Latin in 2in + parare to prepare more at pare Date: 1536 1. a protective barrier ; bulwark 2. a… …

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  • 45Rampart — Mound of earth built defensively with a surrounding wall upon which there was space for defenders to walk around on patrol …

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  • 46rampart — ram·part (ramґpahrt) a broad, encircling embankment …

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  • 47rampart — Synonyms and related words: abatis, abutment, advanced work, arc boutant, arch dam, backstop, balistraria, bamboo curtain, bank, banquette, bar, barbed wire entanglement, barbican, barrage, barricade, barrier, bartizan, bastion, battlement, beam …

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  • 48RAMPART — Radar Advanced Measurement Program for Analysis of Reentry Techniques ( > IEEE Standard Dictionary ) …

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  • 49rampart — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. parapet, fortification, wall, bulwark, embankment. See defense. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. barricade, embankment, earthwork, bulwark; see barrier , fortification 2 , support 2 , wall 1 . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 50rampart — ram|part [ˈræmpa:t US a:rt] n [C usually plural] [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: rempart, from remparer to strengthen ] a wide pile of earth or a stone wall built to protect a castle or city in the past …

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