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  • 1Scramble for Africa — For the book by Thomas Pakenham, see Thomas Pakenham (historian)#The Scramble for Africa. For information on the colonization of Africa prior to the 1880s, including Carthaginian and early European colonization, see Colonization of Africa. The… …

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  • 2Scramble for Africa — Partage de l Afrique Demande de traduction Scramble for Africa → …

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  • 3Africa, Scramble for —    The term Scramble for Africa defines a 30 year period stretching from 1884 to 1914 during which European nations abandoned their earlier preference for informal rule and instead engaged in a frenzied race to carve up the continent of Africa… …

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  • 4The Scramble for Africa (book) — There are a number of books bearing the title Scramble for Africa , including: The Scramble for Africa: The White Man s Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912 is a comprehensive and popular history of the Scramble for Africa by Thomas… …

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  • 5Scramble for Africa — Cecil Rhodes: Kap Kairo Eisenbahn Projekt. Gründer der De Beers Minengesellschaft, eine der ersten Dia …

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  • 6scramble for promotion — make an effort to receive a promotion …

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  • 7Scramble — Scram ble, n. 1. The act of scrambling, climbing on all fours, or clambering. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of jostling and pushing for something desired; eager and unceremonious struggle for what is thrown or held out; as, a scramble for office.… …

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  • 8scramble — [skram′bəl] vi. scrambled, scrambling [< ? SCAMPER + SCRABBLE] 1. to climb, crawl, or clamber hurriedly 2. to scuffle or struggle for something, as for coins scattered on the ground 3. to struggle or rush pell mell, as to get something highly… …

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  • 9scramble — I n. 1) a mad, wild scramble 2) a scramble for (a wild scramble for tickets) 3) a scramble to + inf. (there was a scramble to buy tickets) II v. 1) (C) scramble a couple of eggs for me; or: scramble me a couple of eggs 2) (d; intr.) to scramble… …

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  • 10scramble — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ desperate, frantic, mad, undignified (esp. BrE) ▪ There was a mad scramble for the exits. PREPOSITION ▪ in a/the …

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