The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word MACES which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Sun in 2008.
Causes to tear up, perhaps crossword clue answers
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| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MACES | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Causes to tear up, perhaps
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- rip
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- tearing
- grieve
- race
- cry
- devil
- split
- hog
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Crossword Answer definitions
MACES noun- A heavy fighting club.
- A ceremonial form of this weapon.
- A long baton used by some drum majors to keep time and lead a marching band. If this baton is referred to as a mace, by convention it has a ceremonial often decorative head, which, if of metal, usually is hollow and sometimes intricately worked.
- An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority.
- A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.
- A billiard cue.
- To hit someone or something with a mace.
- An old money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael.
- An old weight of 57.98 grains.
- Tear gas or pepper spray, especially for personal use.
- To spray in defense or attack with mace (pepper spray or tear gas) using a hand-held device.
- To spray a similar noxious chemical in defense or attack using an available hand-held device such as an aerosol spray can.
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