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crowbar
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(krō'bär') pronunciation
n.
A straight bar of iron or steel, with the working end shaped like a chisel and often slightly bent and forked, used as a lever.

tr.v., -barred, -bar·ring, -bars.
To extract, remove, or insert forcibly: " (Edwin Diamond).

[CROW1 + BAR1.]


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Circuit used to protect the output of a souce from a short circuited load. Load current is limited to a value the source can deliver without damage.


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
  Synonyms: wrecking bar, pry, pry bar


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - koben, brækjern
v. tr. - at bryde/brække op med brækjern

Nederlands (Dutch)
breekijzer, koevoet

Français (French)
n. - pince-monseigneur, pied-de-biche
v. tr. - extraire/introduire avec force

Deutsch (German)
n. - Brechstange
v. - mit einem Brecheisen aufbrechen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λοστάρι, λοστός

Italiano (Italian)
palanchino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - alavanca (f)

Русский (Russian)
лом

Español (Spanish)
n. - palanca
v. tr. - hacer palanca

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kofot

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
铁橇, 起货钩, 铁棍, 橇开

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鐵橇, 起貨鉤, 鐵棍
v. tr. - 橇開

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 쇠지렛대
v. tr. - 쇠지렛대로 열다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - バール, 金てこ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عتله حديديه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מוט-הרמה‬
v. tr. - ‮השתמש במוט-הרמה‬


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