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dis⋅mast
[dis-mast, -mahst] 
–verb (used with object)
| to deprive (a ship) of masts; break off the masts of. |
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| dis·mast (dĭs-māst') tr.v. dis·mast·ed, dis·mast·ing, dis·masts Nautical To remove or break off the mast of. |
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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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