termitary
Americannoun
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termitariesEtymology
Origin of termitary
Example Sentences
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Concrete and steel were the substances of a victor culture, and the huge termitary cities of Japan were rebuilt with them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two years ago he pronounced life in Manhattan "nasty and brutish," denounced the city as "a termitary" and fled to England.
From Time Magazine Archive
"There is such a thing as too much couth," said the author, returning to the termitary.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had thought that the two of them might simply enter the termitary, mingle—perilously, but with at least a margin of safety—with the blind race it housed, and walk out again whenever they pleased.
From The Raid on the Termites by Ernst, Paul
Majestic and aloof it soared, dwarfing all near it—the termitary which, yesterday, had been but waist-high.
From The Raid on the Termites by Ernst, Paul
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