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Abruptly Stop Talk Of Ransoms Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is FREEZE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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99%6Exact Match!
noun

• the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid

• weather cold enough to cause freezing

• an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement

• fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level

verb

• stop moving or become immobilized

• change to ice

• be cold

• cause to freeze

• stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it

• be very cold, below the freezing point

• change from a liquid to a solid when cold

• prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)

• anesthetize by cold

• suddenly behave coldly and formally

39%7Ransoms
verb

• take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

• pull away from the body

37%6Talk and talk and talk and talk
verb

• cry loudly, as of animals

• complain whiningly

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