Crossword-Solution: DISMAST
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Dismast | v. t. | To deprive of a mast of masts; to break and carry away the masts from; as, a storm dismasted the ship. |
We have 5 clues for the answer “DISMAST”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Break a ship's spars. | 1 answer |
| Prepare a sailboat for storage | 1 answer |
| Remove upright spars. | 1 answer |
| Stop a galleon | 1 answer |
| Take down its sails, in a way | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings,
whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by
a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the
body.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
A FEELING OF GREAT ELATION
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Sentences with DISMAST (4)
Each dhow as she was cleared had to make for the shore and dismast or beach so that she could not steal out at night and add to the difficulties of the blockade.
The winds were extremely contrary, and were blowing the vessel back, with a force threatening to dismast her, and to the utmost dismay of the master, when Cæsar, who was sitting at the stern, put on a stern look, exclaiming, "_Quid times? Cæsarem vehis._" "What are you afraid of? You carry Cæsar as a passenger." At this moment the vessel gave a lurch, and the heels of Cæsar were suddenly brought to the level at which his head had the moment before been visible.
What was required was that the action should be close, and that the enemy should not be allowed to practise the favourite French manœuvre of firing to dismast, and then slipping away to leeward.
Old habit had fixed the French captains in the faith that a naval battle was to be fought by firing to dismast and then slipping away to form a new line to leeward.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT, WSJ.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1945–2025).