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Try To Contain In A Way As A Spill Crossword Clue

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noun

• a blemish made by dirt

• an act that brings discredit to the person who does it

verb

• dry (ink) with blotting paper

• make a spot or mark onto

27%6 Eddy's to try to contain scrap
noun

• the shape of something rotating rapidly

• a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

27%9 Firebreaks are often created to try and contain these fires.
noun

• a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration

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