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Police Trap A Couple Of Bishops Engaged In Crime Crossword Clue
There is 1 exact and 149 possible answers.
We've checked our database and believe the answer is
STABBING which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
STABBING
Updated: October 14, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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About This Clues Answer
We think the answer is "STABBING" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Causing physical or especially psychological injury
- • Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument verb
- • To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
- • To thrust in a stabbing motion.
- • To recklessly hit with the tip of a pointed object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).
- • To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).
- • To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.
- • To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.
- • To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire. noun
- • An incident in which a person is stabbed. adjective
- • (of pain) sharp, intense.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The stabbing shocked the entire neighborhood."
- • "There were multiple stabbings at the nightclub last night."
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| The Guardian Cryptic11 Mar 2014 | Down 15 | |
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