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Word: anbrennen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...youth had climbed the gate and was wrestling with the red flag on top. The crowd watched his progress with the hushed awe of an audience at an acrobatic show-even as pistol shots sporadically cracked out from the far side along Unter den Linden. Now the crowd cried: "Anbrennen!" (Burn it!). The first youth failed to get the flag down; two more tried, and the third finally sent it fluttering to the street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: He Who Surrenders Berlin | 9/20/1948 | See Source »

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