bare metal

collocation in English

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bare
adjective
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/beər/us
/ber/
without any clothes or not covered ...
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metal
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈmet.əl/us
/ˈmet̬.əl/
a chemical element, such as iron or gold, or a mixture of such elements, such as steel, that is generally hard and strong, and through which electricity and heat ...
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(Definition ofbareandmetalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Surgery seems to provide a longer-lasting effect than percutaneous interventions withbaremetalstents or without stents.
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Surgery seems to provide a longerlasting effect than percutaneous interventions withbaremetalstents or without stents.
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A smaller need for repeated procedures exists afterbaremetalstent and even more so after drug-eluting stent placement than after percutaneous intervention without stent placement.
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A modified version of this is cable lighting, where lights are hung from or clipped tobaremetalcables under tension.
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The remaining surfaces of the crown arebaremetal.
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I do not trace on to the copper, but copy a few important lines on to thebaremetalwith litho-chalk.
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Virtualization is a method by which the guest operating system runs on top of, while being separated from thebaremetalhardware.
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This is accomplished by removing the rust through sanding or blasting to get down tobaremetal.
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The quenched-steel is first sanded or polished, to remove any residual oxidation, revealing thebaremetalunderneath.
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It features a plastic comb andbaremetalcover plates.
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Thebaremetalsheath, at earth potential, was considered safe to touch.
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The unit was stripped down tobaremetal, its sleek carbody removed and scrapped.
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Juju can also be bootstrapped onbaremetalservers.
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This is the only area on the main deck that has not been stripped to thebaremetal.
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In most of the aircraft, the logo was also painted on the engines over itsbaremetalcolour.
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These units came painted black from the factory while most others werebaremetal.
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Thebaremetaldash insert was replaced by painted steel.
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