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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 6 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 35% | 7 | A term used in fencing for a foil or epee with a blunt point | |
3 | 35% | 8 | Sportsmen who engage in foil fencing | |
Extremely Tough Skill Fencing With Foil Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "THWART" which means:
- noun
- • A crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat verb
- • Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of adjective
- • Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.
- • Of people: having a tendency to oppose; obstinate, perverse, stubborn.
- • Of situations or things: adverse, unfavourable, unlucky. adverb
- • Across the direction of travel or length of; athwart, crosswise, obliquely, transversely. preposition
- • Across, athwart.
An example sentence would be:
- • "He thwarted my plans by canceling the meeting."
- • "The police thwarted the bank robbery."
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1 | A fencing move used in epee or foil | |
2 | A term used in fencing for a foil or epee with a blunt point | |
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