rasant

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adjective

sweeping; flanking

“rasant fire”

Scrabble 6

Meanings

adjectiverasant (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoletegovernmentsweeping; flanking

    rasant fire

Origin

  1. Frenchrasant
  2. Frenchrasant
  3. Englishrasant

Borrowed from French rasant.

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APA

rasant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rasant

MLA

“rasant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rasant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rasant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rasant.

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