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Spike Insult Crossword Clue

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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%7Insult
verb

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

19%10 Subtle insult
adjective

• (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke

adjective satellite

• roundabout or ambiguous

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