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Formidable- Jack Bebinger On August 3, 1804, the weather finally cleared and at 2:30 P.M. Preble's flag-ship, the //Constitution,// hoisted a flag signaling that battle was to commence. ||
 * > Name: || Jack Bebinger ||
 * > Word: || Formidable ||
 * > Source: || Savage Wars of Peace, Max Boot,"To Conquer Upon the Sea, A Pack of Boys, page 19-20 ||
 * > Appropriate Definition: || Adjective having qualities that discourage approach or attack ||
 * > Definition URL: || [] ||
 * > Context Sentences: || Since he knew that his large ships could not get close enough to do much damage, he went to the Kingdom of the Twi Sicilies (also at war with Tripoli) and borrowed six gunboats and two bomb-throwing ketches. Preble assembled his armada before Tripoli on July 25 to face a **formidable** target, a thick-walled city of minarets and white-bleached houses defended by 25,000 troops and 115 cannons in addition to the pasha's navy.

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