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RankLettersAnswerClue
199%8Exact Match!
237%8 Demanding; extorting
330%7Extorting exorbitant interest

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We think the answer is "BLEEDING" which means:

    noun
  • • The flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel
  • verb
  • • (of a person or animal) to lose blood through an injured blood vessel.
  • • To let or draw blood from.
  • • To take large amounts of money from.
  • • To steadily lose (something vital).
  • • (of an ink or dye) to spread from the intended location and stain the surrounding cloth or paper.
  • • To remove air bubbles from a pipe containing other fluids.
  • • To bleed on; to make bloody.
  • • To show one's group loyalty by showing (its associated color) in one's blood.
  • • To lose sap, gum, or juice.
  • • To issue forth, or drop, like blood from an incision.
  • • (of a phonological rule) to destroy the environment where another phonological rule would have applied.
  • adjective
  • • Losing blood
  • • (intensifier) extreme, outright; see also bloody (sense 3).
  • adverb
  • • Used as an intensifier: extremely.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "She was bleeding profusely from her arm."
  • • "The bleeding wound needed immediate medical attention."

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New York Times04 May 2017 Down 13
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