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  • 31immobilization — immobilize (also immobilise) ► VERB 1) prevent from moving or operating as normal. 2) restrict the movements of (a limb or patient) to allow healing. DERIVATIVES immobilization noun immobilizer noun …

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  • 32immobilize — (also immobilise) ► VERB 1) prevent from moving or operating as normal. 2) restrict the movements of (a limb or patient) to allow healing. DERIVATIVES immobilization noun immobilizer noun …

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  • 33immobilizer — immobilize (also immobilise) ► VERB 1) prevent from moving or operating as normal. 2) restrict the movements of (a limb or patient) to allow healing. DERIVATIVES immobilization noun immobilizer noun …

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  • 34be|calm — «bih KAHM, KAHLM», transitive verb. 1. to prevent from moving by lack of wind. 2. to make calm or still; assuage; soothe …

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  • 35Cartridge (firearms) — From left: .50 BMG, .300 Win Mag, .308 Winchester, 7.62×39mm, 5.56×45mm NATO, .22LR. A cartridge, also called a round, packages the bullet, gunpowder and primer into a single metallic case precisely made to fit the firing chamber of a firearm …

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  • 36Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …

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  • 37Elevator — For other uses, see Elevator (disambiguation). A set of lifts in the lower level of a London Underground station. The arrows indicate each elevator s position and direction of travel …

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  • 38Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …

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  • 39Overland Campaign — Part of the American Civil War Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee , respectively, opposing commanders in the Overland …

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  • 40railroad — /rayl rohd /, n. 1. a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail. 2. an entire system… …

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