Causes Strain Crossword Clue

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	adjective • in or of a state of physical or nervous tension • pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') • taut or rigid; stretched tight noun • a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time verb • become stretched or tense or taut • increase the tension on • become tense, nervous, or uneasy • cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious
	35%	13		Causes demographic strain
	verb • To fill with too many individuals; to exceed the capacity of a region to contain the population.
	35%	8		Causes of strain
	noun • a tortuous and twisted shape or position • a twisting force

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New York Times01 Nov 1987	Across 118
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