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selvitysmies — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • investigator noun A person whose job is to investigate something, such as a crime or accident.
  • liquidator noun One who liquidates.
  • receiver noun A person or thing that receives something.

Senses

selvitysmies is used for these senses in English:

  • investigator One who investigates.
  • liquidator One who liquidates.
  • receiver (now, historical) A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound steam engine. [from 19th c.]

liquidator — full definition

  1. noun One who liquidates.
  2. noun One supporting the political policy of liquidationism; a liquidationist.
  3. noun Any of the workers involved in cleaning up the Chernobyl disaster

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