Ruyter

American  

[roi-ter, rœi-tuhr] / ˈrɔɪ tər, ˈrœɪ tər /

noun

1. Michel Adriaanssoon de 1607–76, Dutch admiral.

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Ruyter British  

/ ˈrœitər, ˈraɪtə /

noun

1. Michiel Adriaanszoon de (miːˈxiːl ˌaːdriˈaːnsun də). 1607–76, Dutch admiral, noted for actions in the Anglo-Dutch wars in 1652–53, 1665–67, 1672, and 1673, when he prevented an Anglo-French invasion

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Example Sentences

De Ruyter said fuel mitigation efforts to prevent wildfires are important for their department.

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“We’re not going to be able to stop all the fires, but what we can do is look at the pockets of fuel,” de Ruyter said.

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“They lost their house, lost her parents’ house,” de Ruyter said.

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Spokane Fire Department spokesman Justin de Ruyter has a firefighter friend in Lahaina who’s married to another firefighter.

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“Hopefully in the future, if we get a fire in that same place, it’ll be much lower-intensity and won’t get up into the tops of the trees,” de Ruyter said.

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