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  • 1erect — ► ADJECTIVE 1) rigidly upright or straight. 2) (of a body part) enlarged and rigid, especially in sexual excitement. ► VERB 1) construct (a building, wall, etc.). 2) create or establish (a theory or system). DERIVATIVES erectly adverb …

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  • 2wall — n. 1) to build, erect, put up a wall 2) to demolish, tear down a wall 3) to climb, scale a wall 4) to paint; panel; paper walls 5) to line walls (to line walls with bookshelves) 6) a high; low wall 7) a brick; fire; inside; outside; retaining… …

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  • 3erect — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ hastily, quickly ▪ specially ▪ The event will take place in a specially erected marquee. PREPOSITION ▪ around …

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  • 4erect — 01. My children love to [erect] towers out of blocks and then knock them over. 02. Standing [erect] on its hind legs, a grizzly bear can reach up to 8 feet in height. 03. In 1982, two 250 foot walls of polished black granite were [erected] in… …

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  • 5erect — e|rect1 [ıˈrekt] adj 1.) in a straight upright position ▪ Martin stood erect on the platform. 2.) an erect ↑penis or ↑nipple is stiff and bigger than it usually is because a person is sexually excited erect 2 erect2 v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; …

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  • 6wall — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ high, low ▪ long, short ▪ thick, thin ▪ massive ▪ …

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  • 7erect — 1 adjective 1 in a straight upright position: She held her head erect. 2 an erect penis or nipple is stiff and bigger than it usually is erectly adverb erectness noun (U) 2 verb (T) 1 formal to build a building, wall, statue etc: an imposing town …

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  • 8erect — adjective rigidly upright or straight. ↘(of the penis, clitoris, or nipples) enlarged and rigid, especially in sexual excitement. verb construct (a building, wall, etc.). ↘create or establish (a theory or system). Derivatives erectable adjective… …

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  • 9Berlin Wall — For the chess opening variation, sometimes known as Berlin Wall, see Berlin Defence. View from the West Berlin side of graffiti art on the wall in 1986. The wall s infa …

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  • 10The Wall of Darkness — is a short story written by Arthur C. Clarke and first published in July 1949 in the magazine Super Science Stories . It was subsequently published as part of a short story collection in The Other Side of the Sky in 1958 and can presently be… …

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