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Noxious Poisonous Crossword Clue
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TAINTED which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
TAINTED
Updated: October 10, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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We think the answer is "TAINTED" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Touched by rot or decay verb
- • To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
- • To spoil (food) by contamination.
- • To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
- • To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
- • To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are subject to additional security checks.
- • To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into it.
- • To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner.
- • To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
- • To thrust ineffectually with a lance. adjective
- • Corrupted or filled with imperfections.
- • (of data) originating from an untrusted source.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The tainted meat caused an outbreak of food poisoning."
- • "Her reputation has been tainted by the scandal."
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| Source | #Number | Answer |
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| New York Times19 Apr 1983 | Across 20 | |
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