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Kerak

American  
[ker-ahk, ke-rahk] / ˈkɛr ɑk, kɛˈrɑk /
Also Krak

noun

  1. a town in western Jordan, near the southern part of the Dead Sea: ancient citadel of the Moabites.


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The coalition of star groups that Dulaq had constructed to keep the Kerak Worlds neutralized has broken apart completely.

From The Dueling Machine by Bova, Ben

Mesha threw himself into the fortress of Kir Harosheth, which is probably the later Kerak, to the south of the Arnon, not far from the east shore of the Dead Sea.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Duncker, Max

The Kerak major watched it sail by and off into the darkness of space, never to return to the tiny planetoid.

From The Dueling Machine by Bova, Ben

The Kerak assassin seemed as confused as Hector felt.

From The Dueling Machine by Bova, Ben

Everyone turned to his own business and avoided looking at the Kerak major.

From The Dueling Machine by Bova, Ben

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