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undercutting

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undercutting [¦ən·dər¦kəd·iŋ]
(chemical engineering)
In distillation, the technique of taking the products coming off the distillation tower at a temperature below the desired ultimate boiling point range to prevent contaminating the products with the compound that would distill just beyond the ultimate boiling point range.
(geology)
Erosion of material at the base of a steep slope, cliff, or other exposed rock.


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And if they do not support it--say, by cutting off money--then the president can gleefully blame them for undercutting his "winning strategy" just when it was going to turn the tide in our favor.
Hassan witnessed American military personnel attacking innocent civilians, soldiers so severely wounded that they were not sent back home for fear of demoralizing the public and undercutting support for the war, the remains of a South Vietnamese solider brutally executed for desertion while an American commander looked on, the remains of babies slain execution-style, and much more.
Kansas school officials have implemented statewide standards aimed at undercutting the teaching of evolution in the public schools.
 
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