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3 | 32% | 6 | Worryingly precarious thing to package — Cameron's party pessimistic about it | |
It Began Worryingly With Assault Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "BEATING" which means:
- noun
- • The act of overcoming or outdoing
- • The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows verb
- • To hit; strike
- • To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
- • To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
- • To move with pulsation or throbbing.
- • To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a particular, competitive event.
- • To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- • To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
- • To mix food in a rapid fashion. compare whip.
- • (in haggling for a price) of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price
- • To indicate by beating or drumming.
- • To tread, as a path.
- • To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
- • To be in agitation or doubt.
- • To make a sound when struck.
- • To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
- • To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations, not perfectly in unison.
- • To arrive at a place before someone.
- • To have sexual intercourse.
- • To rob.
An example sentence would be:
- • "He was arrested for assault and battery after giving someone a severe beating."
- • "The boxer delivered a powerful punch to his opponent's face, causing a brutal beating."
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The Guardian Quiptic30 Jan 2006 | Across 16 | |
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