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noun • the state of being in effect or being operative • a business especially one run on a large scale • a planned activity involving many people performing various actions • (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction) • activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign) • a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body • a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work • process or manner of functioning or operating • (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents • (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods • the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.) | ||||||||
50% | 8 | May be used to decrease salivation during surgery | ||||||
noun • a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides | ||||||||
35% | 7 | What atropine does | ||||||
verb • become wider • add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing | ||||||||
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OPERATION which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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OPERATION
Updated: October 14, 2023
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