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  • 61brake — brake1 brakeless, adj. /brayk/, n., v., braked, braking. n. 1. a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle or other moving mechanism by the absorption or transfer of the energy of momentum, usually by means of friction. 2. brakes, the drums, shoes …

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  • 62tropical cyclone — a cyclone that originates over a tropical ocean area and can develop into the destructive storm known in the U.S. as a hurricane, in the western Pacific region as a typhoon, and elsewhere by other names. Cf. extratropical cyclone, hurricane (def …

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  • 63Bicycle brake — Animation of a single pivot side pull calliper brake for the rear wheel of a steel framed road bike. A bicycle brake is used to slow down or stop a bicycle. There have been various types of brake used throughout history, and several are still in… …

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  • 64Eyewall replacement cycle — Concentric eyewalls seen in Hurricane Katrina as it travels west through the Gulf of Mexico. Eyewall replacement cycles, also called concentric eyewall cycles, naturally occur in intense tropical cyclones, generally with winds greater than… …

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  • 65Radiator (engine cooling) — For other uses, see Radiator (disambiguation). A typical engine coolant radiator used in an automobile Radiators are used for cooling internal combustion engines, mainly in automobiles but also in piston engined aircraft, railway locomotives,… …

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  • 66consume — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. destroy, demolish, annihilate; burn, decompose, corrode; devour, swallow, eat, drink; exhaust, drain, use up, expend. See destruction, use, waste. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To eat or drink] Syn. eat… …

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  • 67dispel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. scatter, dissipate, disperse, dissolve. See destruction, dispersion. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. scatter, disperse, dissipate, clear away; see dismiss 1 , scatter 2 . See Synonym Study at scatter . III …

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  • 68disperse — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. scatter, break up, separate, disband; see scatter 1 , 2 . See Synonym Study at scatter . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. scatter, distribute, strew, disseminate, spread, broadcast, sow, circulate, diffuse, disband,… …

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  • 69scatter — verb 1) the papers were scattered by the sudden breeze scatter the seeds as evenly as possible Syn: throw, strew, toss, fling; sprinkle, spread, distribute, sow, broadcast, disseminate; literary bestrew Ant: gather …

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  • 70waste — n 1 Waste, desert, badlands, wilderness can mean a tract or region of land not usable for cultivation or general habitation. Waste is the general term applicable to a tract or region which because of natural features (as poor stony soil,… …

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