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Straits Modifier Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "DIRE" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
- • Causing fear or dread or terror adjective
- • Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
- • Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
- • Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal
- • Bad in quality, awful, terrible.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The country is facing a dire economic crisis."
- • "The patient is in dire need of medical attention."
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New York Times09 Nov 1993 | Across 23 | |
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