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Shoots Crossword Clue

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noun

• the event of something burning (often destructive)

• the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy

• the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

• a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning

• once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour bile

• feelings of great warmth and intensity

• fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking

• a severe trial

• intense adverse criticism

verb

• start firing a weapon

• cause to go off

• bake in a kiln so as to harden

• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

• go off or discharge

• drive out or away by or as if by fire

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

• destroy by fire

• provide with fuel

• generate an electrical impulse

• become ignited

• start or maintain a fire in

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verb

• expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth

• eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical

• eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

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noun

• a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year

verb

• branch out in a twiglike manner

• understand, usually after some initial difficulty

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New York Times10 Nov 2018 Across 29
New York Times28 Jan 2007 Across 1
New York Times11 Apr 1999 Across 72
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Term used to describe the growth pattern where new shoots arise alongside or from the base of older shoots

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