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scavenge

[skav-inj]

scav·enge

[skav-inj] verb, -enged, -eng·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to take or gather (something usable) from discarded material.
2.
to cleanse of filth, as a street.
3.
to expel burnt gases from (the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine).
4.
Metallurgy. to purify (molten metal) by introducing a substance that will combine chemically with impurities.
verb (used without object)
5.
to act as a scavenger.
6.
(of an engine or cylinder) to become scavenged of burnt gases.
7.
to search, especially for food.

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Scavenge is always a great word to know.
So is linear momentum. Does it mean:
says when a net force acting on an object will cause acceleration of that object
the product of the mass and velocity of an object

Origin:
1635–45; back formation from scavenger

un·scav·enged, adjective
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scavenge (ˈskævɪndʒ)
 
vb
1.  to search for (anything usable) among discarded material
2.  (tr) to purify (a molten metal) by bubbling a suitable gas through it. The gas may be inert or may react with the impurities
3.  to clean up filth from (streets, etc)
4.  chem to act as a scavenger for (atoms, molecules, ions, radicals, etc)

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