All 18 Uses of
establish
in
The Hunt for Red October
- The two officers of the fire control tracking party who had just been establishing the track for the contact looked up to learn their commander's opinion.†
Chpt 2.
- In establishing himself as a popular hero with legendary aggressiveness, the admiral would blind later generations to his impressive intellectual abilities and a shrewd gambler's instinct to...
Chpt 2.establishing = settling, or setting in a place
- The first pair was processed normally to establish high levels.†
Chpt 4.
- That was how he had established a good working relationship with Sir Basil Charleston.
Chpt 4. *established = created
- First, it would establish a base line from which to compute probable target range.†
Chpt 5.
- There was talk in the CIA that Judge Moore would be leaving soon for a comfortable ambassadorship, perhaps to the Court of St. James's, a fitting reward for a man who had worked long and hard to reestablish a close relationship with the British.†
Chpt 6.
- We have allies on both sides of the ocean, and we can establish air superiority over the entire Atlantic if we so choose.†
Chpt 6.
- These Alfas and Victors appear to be racing for our coast, almost certainly with the intention of establishing an interdiction force—effectively a blockade of our Atlantic coast.
Chpt 6.establishing = creating
- What I expect is that you will be directed to locate Red October and attempt to establish communications with her skipper.†
Chpt 7.
- The civilian yard worker had had a long day also, stopping off at a favorite watering hole for a few too many, as the police established afterwards.†
Chpt 8.
- Probably, he thought, they want to demonstrate that they can trail their coats down our coast whenever they want, to show that they have a seagoing fleet and to establish a precedent for doing this again.†
Chpt 9.
- His other mission was to establish and maintain sensor contact with the Moskva group and to report at once any unusual activity to CINCLANTFLT, the commander in chief of the Atlantic Fleet.†
Chpt 9.
- The escorts would try to establish a protective bubble about a hundred miles across.†
Chpt 10.
- HAVE ESTABLISHED DETAILED SIGNATURE PROFILE.†
Chpt 12.
- This established a firm seal between the two vessels, and the residual water was pumped out.†
Chpt 14.
- If the Party was seeking to reestablish political control over the fleet—no, to reassert what never had been lost—then the Politburo could not afford to depose the Party's representative in high command.†
Chpt 15.
- In short, Mr. Ambassador, your explanation of last Friday does not coincide with the facts we have physically established.†
Chpt 16.
- The surviving navigation officer, Ivanov, says that the evasion of imperialist surface and sub forces was effected perfectly—exactly in accordance with established procedures, but executed brilliantly by this Ramius fellow over a period of twelve hours.
Chpt 16.established = generally accepted
Definition:
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(establish as in: establish a positive tone) create, start, or set in [a] place