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  • 1assault — I. n. 1. Attack, onset, onslaught, aggression, invasion, charge, thrust, assailing with blow, threatening with blows. 2. Storming, storm. II. v. a. Assail, attack, invade, charge, storm, fall upon, fly at, bear down upon, make aggression on,… …

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  • 2attack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. assault, attack; seizure (See disease). v. t. assail, assault, attack; affect, influence. Ant., defense. II Violent assault Nouns 1. (human attack) attack; assault, assault and battery; onset,… …

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  • 3motion picture, history of the — Introduction       history of the medium from the 19th century to the present. Early years, 1830–1910 Origins       The illusion of motion pictures is based on the optical phenomena known as persistence of vision and the phi phenomenon. The first …

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  • 4Battle of the Somme — Infobox Military Conflict conflict = Somme Offensive partof =the Western Front of World War I caption = Men of the 11th Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment, near La Boisselle, July 1916 date = 1 July – 18 November 1916 place =… …

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  • 5strike — Synonyms and related words: abbreviate, abridge, administer, adopt, advance against, advance upon, affect, afflict, aggravated assault, aggression, agree on, aim, ambush, amphibious attack, arise, armed assault, arrest, arrest the thoughts,… …

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  • 6Six-Day War — Part of the Arab–Israeli conflict …

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  • 7harbours and sea works — Introduction harbour also spelled  harbor        any part of a body of water and the manmade structures surrounding it that sufficiently shelters a vessel from wind, waves, and currents, enabling safe anchorage or the discharge and loading of… …

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  • 8Luther, Martin — • Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Luther, Martin      …

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  • 9Luther —     Martin Luther     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Martin Luther     Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546.     His father, Hans, was a… …

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  • 10Martin Luther —     Martin Luther     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Martin Luther     Leader of the great religious revolt of the sixteenth century in Germany; born at Eisleben, 10 November, 1483; died at Eisleben, 18 February, 1546.     His father, Hans, was a… …

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