trench

  • 121trench warfare — noun 1. a struggle (usually prolonged) between competing entities in which neither side is able to win the hope that his superior campaigning skills would make a difference evaporated in the realization that electioneering had become a form of… …

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  • 122trench silo — noun : a trench often dug into a bank or slope, sometimes lined with concrete, and used mostly in regions of low rainfall for making and storing silage * * * trench silo, a silo made by digging a shallow, narrow ditch in the ground, filling it… …

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  • 123Trench Gashes — The Trench Gashes were a Sydney, Australia, band with a gritty punk attitude, of a similar type to Killing Joke. They released one LP, Draw The Short Straw , in 1988 (recorded between 85 88) on their own Lurch label, but split shortly afterwards …

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  • 124Trench Gun — Winchester Model 1897 Allgemeine Information Zivile Bezeichnung: Winchester Model 1897 Militärische Bezeichnung …

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  • 125trench fever — Pathol. a recurrent fever, often suffered by soldiers in trenches in World War I, caused by a rickettsia transmitted by the body louse. [1910 15] * * * ▪ disease       infectious disease characterized by sudden onset with fever; headache; sore… …

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  • 126trench mouth — noun Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, a severe bacterial infection of the gums, typically characterized by inflammation, bleeding, deep ulceration, necrotized tissue, pain, fever, enlarged lymph nodes, fatigue …

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  • 127trench mouth — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax, bacillary dysentery, bastard measles, black… …

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  • 128trench on/upon — archaic border closely on; encroach upon. → trench …

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