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3 | 39% | 8 | Defences against culpability | |
Scottish Writer Is Saving Flood Defences Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "BANKS" which means:
- noun
- • English botanist who accompanied captain cook on his first voyage to the pacific ocean (1743-1820) verb
- • To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.
- • To put into a bank.
- • To conceal in the rectum for use in prison.
- • To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.
- • To cause (an aircraft) to bank.
- • To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.
- • To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.
- • To raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
- • To pass by the banks of.
- • To provide additional power for a train ascending a bank (incline) by attaching another locomotive.
- • (order and arrangement) to arrange or order in a row.
An example sentence would be:
- • "He banks his money in a secure vault."
- • "She banks her savings for the future."
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