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The Stoning of Achan by Gustav Doré.Achan pillaged gold, silver, and a costly garment from Jericho, and was punished by stoning. [1]Herem or cherem (Hebrew: חרם, ḥērem), as used in the Tanakh, means something given over to the Lord, or under a ban, and sometimes refers to things or persons to be utterly destroyed.
The meaning is that something undesirable is going to happen again and that there is not much else one can do other than just endure it. The Log, the humour magazine written by and for Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy, featured a series of comics entitled "The Bohica Brothers", dating back to the early 1970s. [citation needed]
One third of all private apartments were totally destroyed. 23% of industrial capacity was obliterated and the rest was dismantled for transportation by the Russians in the demontage (disassembly). There were 75 million tons of rubble, which equated to 1 ⁄ 7 th of all the rubble in Germany. All electricity, gas and water supplies were destroyed:
"The totality of the slums have been totally destroyed, we haven't received any reports of displaced people, so the reality could be terrible in the coming days," the spokesman told BBC Radio 4's ...
GENEVA (Reuters) -More than 1,300 schools have been totally destroyed in government-held areas of Ukraine since Russia's 2022 invasion and others have been badly damaged, the U.N. children's fund ...
Synonym for death Neutral Pop one's clogs [2] To die Humorous, [1] Informal [2] British. "Pop" is English slang for "pawn." A 19th-century working man might tell his family to take his clothes to the pawn shop to pay for his funeral, with his clogs among the most valuable items. Promoted to Glory: Death of a Salvationist: Formal Salvation Army ...
Words with specific British English meanings that have different meanings in American and/or additional meanings common to both languages (e.g. pants, cot) are to be found at List of words having different meanings in American and British English. When such words are herein used or referenced, they are marked with the flag [DM] (different meaning).
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