Dismasting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dismast \Dis*mast"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismasted}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Dismasting}.] [Pref. dis- + mast: cf. F.
     d['e]m[^a]ter.]
     To deprive of a mast of masts; to break and carry away the
     masts from; as, a storm dismasted the ship.
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