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26 For Example In Its Place Turned Up Insults Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is ABUSES which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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noun

• cruel or inhumane treatment

• a rude expression intended to offend or hurt

• improper or excessive use

verb

• treat badly

• change the inherent purpose or function of something

• use foul or abusive language towards

• use wrongly or improperly or excessively

23%11Turned on automatically at sunset and turned off at sunrise
noun

• a light in the rigging of a ship that is riding at anchor

23%5Insults
noun

• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

• the pointed part of barbed wire

• a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove

• one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather

verb

• provide with barbs

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