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View definitions for erected

erected

adjective as in stood on end

adjective as in built

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Today, it has buildings erected a century or more ago when coal was booming.

Railway operator Deutsche Bahn erected a temporary bridge that opened two months later, only to be rammed by another ship in July, interrupting rail traffic again for another month.

Hong Kong is famous for its use of the scaffolding, which is erected by tying bamboo poles together with nylon fasteners.

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But beneath enormous tents erected over a former airport at the edge of the rainforest, nations also adopted some decisions on how to battle climate change.

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Scott Boland's nickname goes back well before requests for a statue to be erected in his honour in Melbourne gathered pace.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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