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Extract The Essence Of By Boiling Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is DECOCT which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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99%6Exact Match!
verb

• extract the essence of something by boiling it

• be cooked until very little liquid is left

• steep in hot water

35%6 From French for “white”, a word meaning to extract colour; to make celery pale through etiolation; or, to plunge almonds, tomatoes etc in boiling water to loosen their skin
verb

• turn pale, as if in fear

• cook (vegetables) briefly

32%8Extract the essence from article in singular fixture
verb

• add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb

• modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished

• make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes

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New York Times14 Oct 2011 Down 45
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