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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dismast.

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Examples

  • He must not carry too much sail with the idea of driving ahead; this often dismasts the ship….

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • He must not carry too much sail with the idea of driving ahead; this often dismasts the ship….

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • Skipper suffers two knock downs and dismasts 600 miles SW of Lisbon

    YBW News 2009

  • Golding dismasts in Southern Ocean in the Vendée Globe

    WN.com - Articles related to Turkish Cargo Ship Seized by Somali Pirates 2010

  • Penske Racing names new crew chief for Brad Keselowski's No. 12 car Penske Racing gives Keselowski new crew chiefMOORESVILLE, N.C. - Penske Racing has named Jay Guy the new crew chief for Brad Keselowski's No. 200-foot mast on America's Cup trimaran comes tumbling down on Pacific Ocean America's Cup trimaran dismasts on Pacific OceanSAN DIEGO - The 200-foot mast on the monster trimaran that will represent the United States in the America's Cup came crashing down during a sail on the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, snapping in two as it hit the rear beam.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Bernie Wilson 2010

  • a few days ago refreshed our American fields, and cooled us in the shade, be the same element which now and then so powerfully convulses the waters of the sea, dismasts vessels, causes so many shipwrecks, and such extensive desolations?

    Letters from an American Farmer J. Hector St. John de Cr��vecoeur 1774

  • If he dismasts us, we will try to escape to land; if that fails, we will grapple the enemy and blow both ships into the air. "

    The Corsair King M��r J��kai 1864

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