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dismasts

dismasts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dismast.

Meaning of dismast

Verb

dismast (third-person singular simple present dismasts, present participle dismasting, simple past and past participle dismasted)

  1. (transitive) To break off the mast (of a ship), especially by gunfire.

Questions about dismasts

What is dismasts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dismasts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dismast.

Words near dismasts in the dictionary

  1. dismast
  2. dismasted
  3. dismasting
  4. dismastings
  5. dismastment
  6. dismasts
  7. dismay
  8. dismayd
  9. dismayed
  10. dismayedly
  11. dismayedness

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