The Clue
Throws cold water on (7 letter answer)
The Answer
DAMPENS
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Notes
The answer DAMPENS is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
DAMPEN as a verb:
1. (stifle, dampen) = smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
2. (moisten, wash, dampen) = make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows"
3. (muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down) = deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
4. reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
5. (dampen, deaden, damp) = make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
6. check; keep in check (a fire)
7. (dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break) = lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"