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rasant

rasant adjective: sweeping; flanking.

Adjective

rasant (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) sweeping; flanking
    • rasant fire

Origin of rasant

Borrowed from French rasant.

Questions about rasant

What does rasant mean?
Rasant means sweeping; flanking.
What part of speech is rasant?
Rasant is an adjective.

Words near rasant in the dictionary

  1. rasam
  2. rasamala
  3. rasamalai
  4. rasamalas
  5. Rasanen
  6. rasant
  7. rasante
  8. rasas
  9. rasavalli
  10. rasavallis
  11. rasberry

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