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- verb Present participle of
jam . - noun The act or process of jamming.
- adjective slang Great; awesome.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems
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Examples
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BURT KEIRSTEAD, BAE SYSTEMS: This little device does what we call the jamming of the missile.
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BURT KEIRSTEAD, BAE SYSTEMS: This little device does what we call the jamming of the missile.
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Q: If the Democrats succeed in jamming this through on reconciliation, would you be open to using the very same process – reconciliation – to repeal health care reform?
Think Progress » Lamar Alexander Won’t Rule Out Using Reconciliation To Repeal Health Care Reform 2010
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Q: If the Democrats succeed in jamming this through on reconciliation, would you be open to using the very same process – reconciliation – to repeal health care reform?
Think Progress » Lamar Alexander Won’t Rule Out Using Reconciliation To Repeal Health Care Reform 2010
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Nash skated with the puck through the slot and lost control of it, Modin jamming it off the near post with the puck ricocheting off Khabibulin's backside into the net.
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We have looked at options to stop the broadcasts within the Pentagon, discussed them interagency and concluded jamming is an ineffective and expensive mechanism that will not accomplish the objective the NSC Advisor seeks.
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We have looked at options to stop the broadcasts within the Pentagon, discussed them interagency and concluded jamming is an ineffective and expensive mechanism that will not accomplish the objective the NSC Advisor seeks.
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Missiles are helpless if the jamming is on their frequency or if the ground control system is having difficulty either from jamming or heavy static.
Men and Missiles 1958
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So little does Goebbels appreciate these European activities of ours, that he employs a multitude of men and equipment in jamming the various services.
That Dragon Goebbels 1944
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Either company could have contractually required Iran to stop its jamming, which is politically motivated censorship, or refused to carry IRIB.
Broadcasting Tehran's Repression Shirin Ebadi 2011
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Jacobsen points out that in such circumstances the president is likely to be subject to “jamming”, a chorus of military voices urging he or she follows protocols which lead inexorably towards a retaliatory launch.
‘My jaw dropped’: Annie Jacobsen on her scenario for nuclear war Julian Borger 2024
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Jacobsen points out that in such circumstances the president is likely to be subject to “jamming”, a chorus of military voices urging he or she follows protocols which lead inexorably towards a retaliatory launch.
‘My jaw dropped’: Annie Jacobsen on her scenario for nuclear war Julian Borger 2024
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Subvertising, in which activists subvert advertising often using the language and style of the brand itself, is also known as culture jamming, or brandalism – a mashup of brand and vandalism.
Brandalism: the environmental activists using spoof adverts to critique rampant consumerism – podcast Gemma Ware 2023
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December 24, 2008