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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 4 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 27% | 8 | Former naval punishment | |
3 | 24% | 8 | Extreme physical pain inflicted as punishment or punishment | |
Old Naval Punishment Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "LASH" which means:
- noun
- • Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
- • Leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
- • A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object verb
- • Beat severely with a whip or rod
- • Lash or flick about sharply
- • Strike as if by whipping
- • Bind with a rope, chain, or cord adjective
- • Remiss, lax.
- • Relaxed.
- • Soft, watery, wet.
- • Excellent, wonderful
- • Drunk.
An example sentence would be:
- • "She used a lash to tie the branches together."
- • "The pirate captain had a long, black lash."
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