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MCB

British  

abbreviation

  1. miniature circuit breaker; a small trip switch operated by an overload and used to protect an electric circuit, esp a domestic circuit as an alternative to a fuse

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The takeaway, he added, is straightforward: "Don't do MCB over the eastern Pacific Ocean because it might cause super strong chain reactions from ENSO's disappearance."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026

The MCB is a broad representative body of British Muslims, with membership from more than 500 mosques, Muslim schools and charities.

From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2024

“The MCB Camp Pendleton Provost Marshall Office deployed the final denial barriers and disabled the vehicle,” the tweet said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2023

Officially, the military had me down as an enlisted man who’d signed up for a hitch in the Navy and had gotten himself attached to MCB 71, a Mobile Construction Battalion, the Seabees.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2022

“I don’t see the partners or the MCB kicking the Russians out. The Russians would have to decide on their own that they want to leave. And so far, they haven’t.”

From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2022

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