The Clue
Took back (9 letter answer)
The Answer
RECLAIMED
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Notes
The answer RECLAIMED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
RECLAIM as a verb:
1. (reclaim, repossess) = claim back
2. (reclaim, recover) = reuse (materials from waste products)
3. (reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify) = bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one; "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"
4. make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state; "The people reclaimed the marshes"
5. (domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame) = overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
RECLAIMED as an adjective:
1. (rescued, reclaimed) = delivered from danger