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College Disciplinarian Takes Iron To Deliver Sound Beating Crossword Clue

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verb

• be unbearably loud

• make or render deaf

• make soundproof

28%5 One who takes, takes, takes
noun

• carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end

• a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

verb

• draw blood

28%4 It takes a beating
noun

• a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

• the sound of a drum

• a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends

• a cylindrical metal container, commonly used for shipping or storage of liquids

• a hollow cast iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes

• small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise

verb

• make a rhythmic sound

• play a percussion instrument

• study intensively, as before an exam

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