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  • 101break ground — Synonyms and related words: break the ice, cast away, cast loose, cast off, cat the anchor, create, drop the mooring, head, head up, initiate, invent, lead, lead off, lead the way, loose for sea, originate, pioneer, precede, stand first, take the …

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  • 102cast away — Synonyms and related words: abandon, beach, blow, break ground, cast, cast aside, cast loose, cast off, cat the anchor, chuck, consume, deep six, discard, dispose of, dissipate, ditch, drop the mooring, dump, eighty six, eliminate, fool away,… …

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  • 103cast off — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abandoned, abrupt, abstract, adrift, afloat, alienate, aweigh, break ground, cast, cast aside, cast away, cast loose, cast out, castaway, cat the anchor, chuck, clear, clear away, clear out, clear the decks,… …

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  • 104navigation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Travel on water Nouns 1. navigation; celestial navigation, dead reckoning; circumnavigation; pilotage, steerage; seamanship; navigability. 2. (active boating) boating, yachting, yacht racing, sailing,… …

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  • 105Cast — (k[.a]st), v. i. 1. To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh. [1913 Webster] Weigh anchor, cast to starboard. Totten. [1913 Webster] 3 …

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  • 106Roman roads — The Roman roads were essential for the growth of the Roman Empire, by enabling the Romans to move armies and trade goods and to communicate news. At its peak, the Roman road system spanned 53,819 miles (85,004 km) and contained about 372… …

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  • 107François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers — Born February 12, 1753(1753 02 12) Uzès, Gard, France …

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  • 108Machias, Maine — Machias is a town in and the county seat of Washington County, Maine, United States.GR|6 As of the 2000 census, the town population was 2,353. It is home to the University of Maine at Machias and Machias Valley Airport, a small public airport… …

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  • 109Jeremiah O'Brien — Captain Jeremiah O’Brien (1744 ndash;1818) was in command of Unity when she captured HMS Margaretta in the first naval battle of the American Revolutionary War.He was born at Kittery, Maine. O Brien and his five brothers, Gideon, John, William,… …

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  • 110Sea Tigers — The Sea Tigers is the naval force of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, founded in 1984. [ [http://www.ipcs.org/whatsNewArticle11.jsp?action=showView kValue=1770 status=article mod=b According to article in ipcs.org Sea Tigers were formed in… …

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