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  • 21raze —     Another Las Vegas landmark was razed to the ground over the weekend (USA Today). The ground is the only place to which a structure can be razed. It is enough to say that a building has been razed …

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  • 22raze — [[t]re͟ɪz[/t]] razes, razing, razed VERB: usu passive If buildings, villages or towns are razed or razed to the ground, they are completely destroyed. [be V ed] Dozens of villages have been razed... [be V ed to n] Towns such as Mittelwihr and… …

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  • 23The Howling — Infobox Book | name = The Howling image caption = author = Gary Brandner illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = The Howling subject = Werewolves genre = Horror novel publisher = Fawcett (1986 reissue)… …

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  • 24raze — (also rase) verb tear down and destroy (a building, town, etc.): villages were razed to the ground. Origin ME (in the sense scratch, incise ): from OFr. raser shave closely , from L. ras , radere scrape …

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  • 25raze — [[t]reɪz[/t]] v. t. razed, raz•ing 1) to level to the ground; tear down 2) cvb to shave; scrape off • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME rasen < MF raser < VL *rāsāre, freq. of L rādere to scrape raz′er, n. syn: See destroy …

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  • 26raze — /reɪz / (say rayz) verb (t) (razed, razing) 1. to tear down, demolish, or level to the ground. 2. Obsolete to scratch or graze. Also, rase. {Middle English rase(n), from French raser, from Vulgar Latin rāsāre, from Latin rāsus, past participle,… …

  • 27List of The Dark Tower characters — The Dark Tower is a series of seven novels written by American author Stephen King, which incorporate multiple genres including fantasy, science fantasy, horror and western. Below are The Dark Tower characters that come into play as the series… …

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  • 28Jerusalem during the Second Temple Period — The Temple Mount …

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  • 29History of the Punjab — The first known use of the word Punjab is in the book Tarikh e Sher Shah Suri (1580), which mentions the construction of a fort by Sher Khan of Punjab . The first mentioning of the Sanskrit equivalent of Punjab , however, occurs in the great epic …

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  • 30Technology in the Night's Dawn trilogy — In the Night s Dawn trilogy, a large number of advanced and unusual technologies utilised for various functions. These technologies include:The AlchemistA weapon developed by the astrophysicist Dr. Alkad Mzu, the Alchemist is capable of either… …

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