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2 | 42% | 3 | Antonym's antonym: Abbr. | |
3 | 34% | 5 | A homophone for a word meaning 'to cause physical pain or suffering' | |
Word Whose Antonym Is Its Own Homophone Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "RAZE" which means:
- verb
- • Tear down so as to make flat with the ground noun
- • A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. example: several horses run in a horse race, and the first one to reach the finishing post wins
- • Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.
- • A race condition.
- • A progressive movement toward a goal.
- • A fast-moving current of water, such as that which powers a mill wheel.
- • A water channel, esp. one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised.
- • Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
- • The bushings of a rolling element bearing which contacts the rolling elements.
- • A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics:
- • A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; an informal term for a subspecies.
- • A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
- • A category or species of something that has emerged or evolved from an older one (with an implied parallel to animal breeding or evolutionary science).
- • Peculiar flavour, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavour.
- • Characteristic quality or disposition.
- • A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
- • A swinging fence in a watercourse to prevent cattle passing through.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The old building was razed to make way for a new shopping center."
- • "The wildfire threatened to raze the entire forest."
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