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  • 1detritus — n. 1. Débris, rubbish of attrition. 2. Rubbish, waste, disintegrated remains, débris …

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  • 2Second Battle of El Alamein — Part of Western Desert Campaign …

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  • 3Siege of Constantinople (718) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Second Arab siege of Constantinople caption= partof=the Byzantine Arab Wars date=717 718 AD place=Constantinople, Byzantine Empire (modern day Istanbul, Turkey) result= Decisive Byzantine Bulgarian victory;… …

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  • 4River engineering — The Los Angeles River is extensively channelized with concrete embankments. River engineering is the process of planned human intervention in the course, characteristics or flow of a river with the intention of producing some defined benefit.… …

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  • 5World War II — the war between the Axis and the Allies, beginning on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland and ending with the surrender of Germany on May 8, 1945, and of Japan on August 14, 1945. Abbr.: WWII * * * or Second World War (1939–45)… …

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  • 6biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …

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  • 7scouring — Synonyms and related words: ablation, ablution, abrasion, abrasive, afterglow, afterimage, attrition, balance, bones, buffing, burnishing, butt, butt end, candle ends, chafe, chaff, chafing, cleaning out, culm, deadwood, debris, detrition,… …

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  • 8waste — Synonyms and related words: Arabia Deserta, Death Valley, Sahara, abate, ablate, ablation, absorption, acarpous, afterglow, afterimage, arid, assimilation, atrophy, attenuate, attrition, back, back of beyond, back country, backwood, backwoods,… …

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