Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
paravane .
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Examples
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Soon after the British squadron started the "paravanes" were dropped overboard.
History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Richard Joseph Beamish 1895
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When the ships had cleared the mine field and entered the war channel the "paravanes" were hauled aboard.
History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Richard Joseph Beamish 1895
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The minesweeper's paravanes are most useful the further they are removed from the real center that has to be defended.
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It should be understood that the police are the paravanes of the capitalist state power.
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