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  • 31refine — I. v. a. 1. Purify, clarify, fine, defecate. 2. Cultivate, polish, make elegant. II. v. n. 1. Become pure, be clarified. 2. Improve, make improvement. 3. Be over nice, affect nicety, split hairs, make useless distinctions …

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  • 32disqualify — dis·qual·i·fy /dis kwä lə ˌfī/ vt fied, fy·ing 1: to deprive of the required qualities, properties, or conditions a financial interest in the case that disqualified the judge 2: to deprive of a right or privilege esp. after a hearing misconduct… …

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  • 33render null and void — I verb abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, countermand, deprive of legal force, disown, dissolve, frustrate, invalidate, make useless, make valueless, negate, neutralize, nullify, obliterate, offset, override, overrule, overturn, renege, renounce,… …

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  • 34sabotage — n. & v. n. deliberate damage to productive capacity, esp. as a political act. v.tr. 1 commit sabotage on. 2 destroy, spoil; make useless (sabotaged my plans). Etymology: F f. saboter make a noise with sabots, bungle, wilfully destroy: see SABOT …

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  • 35maim´er — maim «maym», verb, noun, adjective. –v.t. 1. to cut off or make useless an arm, leg, ear, or the like, of; cripple; disable: »He lost two toes in the accident, but we were glad that he was not more seriously maimed. SYNONYM(S): mutilate, mangle.… …

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  • 36cancel out — {v.} To destroy the effect of; balance or make useless. * /The boy got an A in history to cancel out the C he got in arithmetic./ * /Our track team won the mile relay to cancel out the other team s advantage in winning the half mile relay./ *… …

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  • 37cancel out — {v.} To destroy the effect of; balance or make useless. * /The boy got an A in history to cancel out the C he got in arithmetic./ * /Our track team won the mile relay to cancel out the other team s advantage in winning the half mile relay./ *… …

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  • 38puncture — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin punctura, from punctus, past participle of pungere Date: 14th century 1. an act of puncturing 2. a hole, wound, or perforation made by puncturing 3. a minute depression II. verb (punctured; punctu …

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  • 39Albert-Léon-Marie Le Nordez — (Montebourg 1844 1922) was a French bishop of Dijon, from 1898, who was at the centre of a controversy leading to the 1905 separation in France of the Catholic Church and the state. A critical report on Le Nordez, accusing him of being a free… …

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  • 40FlyEr — Infobox musical artist Name = FlyEr |Img capt = FlyEr performing in Graffity Club, Minsk, in 2008. Background = solo singer Born = birth date and age|1983|08|29 Belarus Genre = Hip hop Occupation = Rapper Years active = 2000–present Label = WSWO… …

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