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truss

noun as in supporting device

noun as in framework

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In short, he looked like a man trussed up and carried before the camera to tell his family that his kidnappers were treating him well.

From Salon

Engineers are using precision cuts to control how the trusses break down, causing them to fall away from the Dali when explosives send them tumbling into the water, officials said.

According to a report from NPR, engineers will use “surgical precision” to cut the steel trusses trapping the container, which will then be “thrust away from the Dali” when explosives are detonated.

From Salon

In a videographic released this week, authorities said engineers are using precision cuts to control how the trusses break down.

“They will be taking her down the gangplank on a stretcher tomorrow, trussed up like a parcel.”

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

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