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Refine As A Metal Crossword Clue

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noun

• small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water

• small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters

verb

• extract (metals) by heating

37%10 Workers who refine and refine again
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35%6 Purify (a metal) by removing impurities
verb

• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

• make more complex, intricate, or richer

• treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition

• reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities

• attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or intensity by polishing or purifying

• make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of

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