All 3 Uses
prostrate
in
The Red Badge of Courage
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- Or, perhaps, he would lift himself to a sitting posture, blink at the fire for an unintelligent moment, throw a swift glance at his prostrate companion, and then cuddle down again with a grunt of sleepy content.†
Chpt 13
- He now rejoiced in the possession of a small weapon with which he could prostrate his comrade at the first signs of a cross-examination.†
Chpt 15 *
- He could feel the onward swing of the regiment about him and he conceived of a thunderous, crushing blow that would prostrate the resistance and spread consternation and amazement for miles.†
Chpt 23
Definitions:
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(1)
(prostrate) lying down - typically face downward on the ground as in submission
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)