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dry dock

noun as in waterless area for ship repairs

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Uranga said the next step is to lift the boat, which sank after the fire, and tow it to dry dock where a more thorough investigation can be undertaken.

It left its berth in Camden, New Jersey, en route to Philadelphia, where it was guided into dry dock to undergo two months of repairs that can only be completed out of water.

Survivors who suffered "catastrophic" injuries when a ship in dry dock collapsed in Edinburgh say they are still waiting for answers a year on.

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Higher speed and "endurance" testing is planned after the ship goes into dry dock in April.

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Among them: $200 million will go to safeguard aging and seismically vulnerable dry docks in Kitsap County that ensure the readiness of the country’s ballistic missile submarine fleet.

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

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