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Word entry · 7 letters

detract

Best crossword clue

"Take away value"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /dɪˈtɹækt/Part of speech verbSorted acderttStarts with DEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1D2E3T4R5A6C7T

Definitions

  1. take away a part from; diminish

Word origin

Borrowed from Middle French détracter, from Latin detractum, past participle of detraho.

Used in a sentence

  • That calumnious critic […] / Detracting what laboriously we do.

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