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1Trench warfare — is a form of warfare where both combatants have fortified positions and fighting lines are static. Trench warfare arose when a revolution in firepower was not matched by similar advances in mobility. The result was a slow and grueling form of… …
2trench warfare — combat in which each side occupies a system of protective trenches. [1915 20] * * * Warfare in which the opposing sides attack, counterattack, and defend from sets of trenches dug into the ground. It was developed by Sébastien Le Prestre de… …
3trench — n. & v. n. 1 a long narrow usu. deep depression or ditch. 2 Mil. a this dug by troops to stand in and be sheltered from enemy fire. b (in pl.) a defensive system of these. 3 a long narrow deep depression in the ocean bed. v. 1 tr. dig a trench or …
4trench fever — Pathol. a recurrent fever, often suffered by soldiers in trenches in World War I, caused by a rickettsia transmitted by the body louse. [1910 15] * * * ▪ disease infectious disease characterized by sudden onset with fever; headache; sore… …
5trench warfare — noun Date: 1916 warfare in which the opposing forces attack and counterattack from a relatively permanent system of trenches protected by barbed wire entanglements …
6Rocky Mountain Trench — The Rocky Mountain Trench, or the Trench or The Valley of a Thousand Peaks, is a large valley in the northern part of the Rocky Mountains. It is both visually and cartographically a striking physiographic feature extending approximately… …
7Капитальная траншея — (a. finished trench, permanent trench; н. Haupteinschnitt; ф. tranchee principale; и. zanja maestra, trinchera maestra) служит для вскрытия карьерного поля или отдельной его зоны и создания грузотрансп. связи рабочих горизонтов с… …
8капітальна траншея — капитальная траншея finished trench, permanent trench *Aufschlußeinschnitt, Haupteinschnitt служить для розкриття кар єрного поля або окремої його зони і створення вантажотрансп. зв язків робочих горизонтів з поверхнею. К.т. споруджують на… …
9tunnels and underground excavations — ▪ engineering Introduction Great tunnels of the world Great tunnels of the worldhorizontal underground passageway produced by excavation or occasionally by nature s action in dissolving a soluble rock, such as limestone. A vertical opening …
10river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… …
