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Retard Or Stop Crossword Clue

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noun

• a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle

• any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants

• large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan

• an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant

• anything that slows or hinders a process

verb

• stop travelling by applying a brake

• cause to stop by applying the brakes

32%10Retard motion
verb

• lose velocity; move more slowly

• reduce the speed of

32%6Retard or decrease the speed or pace of something
verb

• lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus

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New York Times23 Apr 1981 Down 6
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