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We think the answer is "TOUGHS" which means:
- adjective
- • Not given to gentleness or sentimentality
- • Physically toughened
- • Resistant to cutting or chewing noun
- • Someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
- • An aggressive and violent young criminal
- • A cruel and brutal fellow adjective satellite
- • Very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
- • Substantially made or constructed
- • Violent and lawless
- • Feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
- • Unfortunate or hard to bear
- • Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
An example sentence would be:
- • "The toughs in the bar were starting to cause trouble."
- • "The detective called for backup to handle the toughs at the crime scene."
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