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Immurement (from Latin im- 'in' and murus 'wall'; lit. ' walling in '), also called immuration or live entombment, is a form of imprisonment, usually until death, in which someone is placed within an enclosed space without exits. [1] This includes instances where people have been enclosed in extremely tight confinement, such as within a coffin.
Usually written or spoken consecutively, with the first being Proficiency and the second being Conduct, e.g. 4.5/4.8. Hypothetically, the scale is from 0.0 to 5.0, but a perfect 5.0 is so rare that a Marine who receives it is called a "water-walker" (in reference to Mark 6:48) and the worst marks awarded almost never fall below 2.0.
A dismasting can also endanger lives after the mast has fallen. The reason is the broken tangle of mast, rigging, and sails usually remains attached to the vessel owing to the rigging. If waves bash a large broken mast section against a relatively thin modern hull, the entire vessel can be lost. [2]
Shield wall: the massed use of interconnected shields to form a wall in battle. Shield wall (fortification): the highest and thickest wall of a castle protecting the main assault approach. Shoot and scoot: a type of fire-and-movement tactic used by artillery to avoid counter-battery fire.
Early 20th-century slang term for a vessel's radio operator, so-called because he repeatedly struck a brass key on his transmitter to broadcast in Morse code. breachway 1. The shore along a channel. 2. The whole area around the place where a channel meets the ocean. break bulk cargo. Also breakbulk cargo.
Police say a man who broke into the British pub where he used to work in Texas had to be rescued when he got stuck in a grease vent. Firefighters were able to free the 43-year-old man from the ...
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Payet (born 1963) is a French criminal who gained notoriety for his daring prison escapes using helicopters. He was initially sentenced to a 30-year jail term for a murder committed during the robbery of a security van in 1997. He escaped two times with a helicopter. After his second escape he was captured on 21 September 2007. [100] [101] [102]