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Brief Respite Crossword Clue

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99%4Exact Match!
noun

• a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished

• a period of calm weather

verb

• calm by deception

• become quiet or less intensive

• make calm or still

95%6Exact Match!
noun

• an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

• a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)

• a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure

95%7Exact Match!
verb

• take a ten minute break

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