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  • 71in ruins — 1) the abbey is in ruins Syn: derelict, ruined, in disrepair, falling to pieces, dilapidated, tumbledown, ramshackle, decrepit, decaying, ruinous 2) his career is in ruins Syn: destroyed, ruined …

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  • 72in tatters — 1 his clothes were in tatters: RAGGED, tattered, torn, ripped, frayed, in pieces, worn out, moth eaten, falling to pieces, threadbare. 2 her marriage is in ta …

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  • 73Begrime — Be*grime , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Begrimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begriming}.] To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in. [1913 Webster] Books falling to pieces and begrimed with dust. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 74Begrimed — Begrime Be*grime , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Begrimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begriming}.] To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in. [1913 Webster] Books falling to pieces and begrimed with dust. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 75Begriming — Begrime Be*grime , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Begrimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begriming}.] To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in. [1913 Webster] Books falling to pieces and begrimed with dust. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 76Disintegration — Dis*in te*gra tion, n. (a) The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated. Specifically (b) (Geol.) The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost …

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  • 77Ramshackle — Ram shac*kle (r[a^]m sh[a^]k*k l), a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair. [1913 Webster] There came . . . my lord the cardinal, in his ramshackle coach. Thackeray. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 78List of characters in Atlas Shrugged — This is a list of characters in Ayn Rand s novel, Atlas Shrugged. Balph EubankCalled the literary leader of the age , despite the fact that he is incapable of writing anything that people actually want to read. What people want to read, he says,… …

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  • 79British Israelism — Not to be confused with Israelis in the United Kingdom. British Israelism (also called Anglo Israelism) is the belief that people of Western European descent, particularly those in Great Britain, are the direct lineal descendants of the Ten Lost… …

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  • 80Bishops’ Wars — The Bishops’ Wars Bellum Episcopale refers to two armed encounters between Charles I and the Scottish Covenanters in 1639 and 1640, which helped to set the stage for the English Civil War and the subsequent Wars of the Three KingdomsRise of the… …

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