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Sharply Stinging Crossword Clue

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adjective satellite

• strong and sharp

• harsh or corrosive in tone

19%4Stinging remark
noun

• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

• the pointed part of barbed wire

• a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove

• one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather

verb

• provide with barbs

19%3Stinging insect
noun

• any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species

• a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions

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