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decorated

de kuh ray tuhd

  • v  make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
  • v  be beautiful to look at
  • v  award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to
    He was decorated for his services in the military
  • v  provide with decoration
  • a  provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction

  • The decorated veteran is most remembered for his controversial role as Army Chief of Staff in the Bush Administration.
  • The highly decorated Ranger says he loves leading troops in combat.
  • How do you make the case that a decorated war hero, a former Navy aviator who was shot down behind enemy lines and suffered more than five years' incarceration as a prisoner of war .
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  • Michael Phelps in BBC News
    To be the most decorated Olympian of all time, it just sounds weird. I am speechless,Phelps said. "It started to sink in a little after the butterfly. I was trying to focus on my next race but I kept thinking 'Wow. Greatest Olympian of all...
  • Willie McGinest in Forbes
    For RAC to be ridiculed or prosecuted for what went on and what's going on, I think is ridiculous,said McGinest, who played under Crennel in New England. "The man's a decorated general in this game."

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