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  • 11stroke */*/ — I UK [strəʊk] / US [stroʊk] noun Word forms stroke : singular stroke plural strokes 1) a medical condition in which blood is suddenly blocked and cannot reach the brain, or in which a blood vessel in the brain breaks, often causing a loss of the… …

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  • 12stroke — 1. Any acute clinical event, related to impairment of cerebral circulation, that lasts more than 24 hours. SYN: apoplexy, brain attack. 2. A harmful discharge of lightning, particularly one that affects a human being. 3. A pulsation. 4. To pass… …

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  • 13last resort — Synonyms and related words: action, ad hoc measure, answer, artifice, contrivance, countermove, coup, course of action, demarche, dernier ressort, device, dodge, effort, expedient, gimmick, hope, improvisation, jury rig, jury rigged expedient,… …

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  • 14Last Human — Infobox Book name = Last Human title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Doug Naylor illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = Red Dwarf genre = Science fiction publisher =… …

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  • 15Stroke count method — The stroke count method is an input method editor in which the user enters the total number of strokes of a Chinese character, and chooses the desired character from a list that pops up. This method is sometimes used as a last resort when the… …

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  • 16Last battle of the battleship Bismarck — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=The last battle of the Bismarck caption=The Final Battle, 27 May 1941. Surrounded by shell splashes, Bismarck burns on the horizon. partof=Second Battle of the Atlantic date=May 26 ndash; May 27 1941… …

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  • 17final stroke — Synonyms and related words: KO, capstone, climax, clincher, copestone, crown, crusher, death stroke, deathblow, end all, ender, final touch, finisher, finishing stroke, kayo, kayo punch, knockout, knockout blow, last dab, last stroke, last touch …

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  • 18finishing stroke — last blow …

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  • 19Six stroke engine — The term six stroke engine describes two different approaches in the internal combustion engine, developed since the 1990s, to improve its efficiency and reduce emissions:In the first approach, the engine captures the waste heat from the four… …

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  • 20Butterfly stroke — Overhead shot of a swimmer performing the butterfly stroke. The butterfly (colloquially among swimmers known as fly) is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. The butterfly kick was developed separately, and… …

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