goring

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun German politician in Nazi Germany who founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war (1893-1946)
verb wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument
verb cut into gores

The neighbourhood of Streatley and Goring is a great fishing centre. — Three men in a boat (to say nothing of the dog), Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
His horse’s flanks and sides are forc’d to feel The clanking lash, and goring of the steel. — The Aeneid, Virgil
By Annie Thomas, Author of "On Guard," "Denis Donne," "Playing for High Stakes," "Walter Goring," &c. 8vo, Paper, 75 cents. — The Land of Thor, J. Ross (John Ross) Browne

Goering, Hermann Goring, Hermann Goering, Hermann Wilhelm Goring

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