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dead centre
noun
- the exact top ( top dead centre ) or bottom ( bottom dead centre ) of the piston stroke in a reciprocating engine or pump
- a pointed rod mounted in the tailstock of a lathe to support a workpiece
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The specialist bomb-aiming equipment developed for the raid was now useless, and Johnson was going to have to rely on instinct to drop the bomb dead centre.
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Imagine you are standing at the dead centre of a merry-go-round on which the horses are arranged in three concentric circles.
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Even so, the ball was dead centre, and had Guaita been better set it would have been a routine stop.
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Her second was perfect: dead centre with the right amount of elevation to allow Berntsen to unleash a cracking spike on his opponents.
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They have a free-kick, just outside the D, just left of dead centre.
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