Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A firearm designed to shoot a rope across a distance, usually used to pass lines from one ship to another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: search and rescue
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
A beam weapon, that shoots a long-duration beam to burn through the target, like a laser cutter
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
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History
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