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Crossword Answers

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ZAP
A sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact; "they gave it another zap of radiation"

AXE
Chop or split with an ax; "axe wood"

END
The part you are expected to play; "he held up his end"

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SHED
Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring"

XOUT

LOSE
Fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said"

DUMP
A place where supplies can be stored; "an ammunition dump"

OUST
Remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"

TOSS
(sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team; "the pass was fumbled"

CULL
Remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick members of the herd"

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EGEST
Eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"

SCRAP
A small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used; "she jotted it on a scrap of paper"; "there was not a scrap left"

PURGE
An abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place; "he died in a purge by Stalin"

SHAKE
Undermine or cause to waver; "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes"

TRASH
Dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"

DITCH
A long narrow excavation in the earth

ERASE
Wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?"

KKDZE

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DISPEL
Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"

REMOVE
Cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

DELETE
Wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?"

FOBOFF
Sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive

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ROOTOUT
Pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

OFFLOAD
Take the load off (a container or vehicle); "unload the truck"; "offload the van"

DISCARD
Getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable

DESTROY
Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

ABOLISH
Do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

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STAMPOUT
End or extinguish by forceful means; "Stamp out poverty!"

ABDICATE
Give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"

JETTISON
Throw as from an airplane

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ELIMINATE

ERADICATE
Kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"

THROWAWAY
Words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis

ELIMINATE
Eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"

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DOAWAYWITH
Terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"

EXTINGUISH
Put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"