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It Sinks Beneath The Waves Crossword Clue

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noun

• a professional killer who uses a gun

• a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

• an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas)

• a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface

• a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead

• armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target

• any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges

verb

• attack or hit with torpedoes

53%9Sinks beneath the waves
verb

• sink below the surface; go under or as if under water

• cover completely or make imperceptible

• put under water

• fill or cover completely, usually with water

32%6 When the sun sinks beneath the sea
noun

• the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon

• atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of the sun

• the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon

adjective satellite

• of a declining industry or technology

• providing for termination

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The Guardian Cryptic04 Jan 2010 Across 15
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