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Kill Insect Eating Gnat After Wings Torn Off Crossword Clue
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We've checked our database and believe the answer is
TERMINATE which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
TERMINATE
Updated: October 14, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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About This Clues Answer
We think the answer is "TERMINATE" which means:
- verb
- • Bring to an end or halt
- • Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- • Be the end of; be the last or concluding part of
- • Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position adjective
- • Terminated; limited; bounded; ended.
- • Having a definite and clear limit or boundary; having a determinate size, shape or magnitude.
- • Expressible in a finite number of terms; (of a decimal) not recurring or infinite.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The company decided to terminate the employee due to misconduct."
- • "The landlord served a notice to terminate the lease agreement."
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| The Guardian Cryptic20 Aug 2014 | Across 25 | |
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