Old Faithful is sometimes degraded by being made a laundry. Garments placed in the crater during quiescence are ejected thoroughly washed when the eruption takes place.
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Quiescence
//kwiˈɛsəns//
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nirvananoiselessnessnoninvolvementnonparticipationnonresistancenonviolencenonviolent resistancepacifismparalysispassive resistancepassive self-annihilationpassivenesspassivismpassivitypeacepeacefulnesspermanencepermanencyperpetualnesspersistence
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1 entries- покой noun (The state of being quiescent)
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I pray you, Salviatus, to tell me ... the cause of the Pendulum's quiescence.
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