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  • 11dash — dash1 /dash/, v.t. 1. to strike or smash violently, esp. so as to break to pieces: He dashed the plate into smithereens against the wall. 2. to throw or thrust violently or suddenly: to dash one stone against another. 3. to splash, often… …

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  • 12dash — I [[t]dæʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to strike or smash violently, esp. so as to break to pieces: to dash a plate against a wall[/ex] 2) to throw or thrust violently or suddenly: to dash one stone against another[/ex] 3) to splash, often violently; bespatter …

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  • 13Dash Parr — Superherobox caption=Close up of Dash comic color=background:#80ffff publisher=Dark Horse Comics/Pixar Animation Studios debut= The Incredibles creators=Brad Bird Based on= quicksilver character name=Dash Incredible or The Dash alliance… …

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  • 14dash — [[t]dæ̱ʃ[/t]] dashes, dashing, dashed 1) VERB If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly. [V adv/prep] Suddenly she dashed down to the cellar... [V adv/prep] She dashed in from the garden. N SING Dash is also a noun. ...a 160 …

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  • 15DASH diet — The DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) is a diet promoted by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (part of the NIH, a United States government organization) to control hypertension. This eating plan is rich in fruits,… …

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  • 16dash — [dæʃ] verb I 1) to go somewhere in a hurry I dashed out into the street, still in my pyjamas.[/ex] 2) [I/T] to hit something violently, or to throw something violently against a surface Huge waves dashed against the side of the boat.[/ex] • dash… …

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  • 17dash — I. /dæʃ / (say dash) verb (t) 1. to strike violently, especially so as to break to pieces. 2. to throw or thrust violently or suddenly. 3. to splash violently; bespatter (with water, mud, etc.). 4. to apply roughly as by splashing. 5. to throw… …

  • 18Dash for Gas — The Dash for Gas was the significant shift by the newly privatized electric companies in the United Kingdom towards generation of electricity using natural gas during the 1990s. The key reasons for this shift were[1]: (a) political: the… …

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  • 19dash — 1. verb 1) he dashed home Syn: rush, race, run, sprint, bolt, dart, gallop, career, charge, shoot, hurtle, careen, fly, speed, zoom, scurry, scuttle, scamper; informal tea …

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  • 20dash — v 1. smash, shatter, crash, Brit. Dial. pash; strike, break, split, cleave, rive, rend; shiver, fragment, splinter, crack, split, snap; crush, destroy; beat, batter, slam, ram, hit, smite. 2. throw, hurl, catapult; fling, cast, sling, shy, pitch; …

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