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Hurtful Witticism On Wire Crossword Clue

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noun

• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

• the pointed part of barbed wire

• a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove

• one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather

verb

• provide with barbs

31%9 With witticism
adverb

• in a comical manner

31%5Witticism
noun

• a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else

• a passage or expression that is quoted or cited

verb

• repeat a passage from

• name the price of

• refer to for illustration or proof

• put quote marks around

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