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verb

• secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces

• support through subsidies

17%13 Attempting to sink enemy submarines
adjective satellite

• defensive against enemy submarines

17%8 Residual liquid in a sink
noun

• the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller

• the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)

• the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward

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