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  • 1deafen — verb they were deafened by the explosion Syn: make deaf, deprive of hearing, impair someone s hearing …

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  • 2deafen — v. a. 1. Make deaf, deprive of hearing. 2. Stun, confuse with clamor …

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  • 3deafen — v.tr. 1 (often as deafening adj.) overpower with sound. 2 deprive of hearing by noise, esp. temporarily. Derivatives: deafeningly adv …

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  • 4United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 5biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …

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  • 6Natural justice — A tondo of an allegory of justice (1508) by Raphael in the Stanza della Segnatura (Room of the Apostolic Signatura) of the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City …

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  • 7property law — Introduction       principles, policies, and rules by which disputes over property are to be resolved and by which property transactions may be structured. What distinguishes property law from other kinds of law is that property law deals with… …

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  • 85150 (Involuntary psychiatric hold) — Section 5150 is a section of the California Welfare and Institutions Code (specifically, the Lanterman–Petris–Short Act or LPS ) which allows a qualified officer or clinician to involuntarily confine a person deemed to have a mental disorder that …

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  • 9Social Security (United States) — This article is about the retirement/disability program. For the general concept of providing welfare, see Social security. For other uses, see Social Security (disambiguation) …

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  • 10Strickland v. Washington — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Strickland v. Washington ArgueDate=January 10 ArgueYear=1984 DecideDate=May 14 DecideYear=1984 FullName=Strickland, Superintendent, Florida State Prison, v. Washington USVol=466 USPage=668 Citation=466 U.S. 668; 104 S. Ct.… …

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