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The Clue
Quashes (9 letter answer)
The Answer
REPRESSES
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Notes
The answer REPRESSES is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
REPRESS as a verb:
1. (repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce) = put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
2. (smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress) = conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
3. (suppress, repress) = put out of one's consciousness