Clean with a rough spray Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. a blast of wind laden with sand
(verb)
1. grind with a sandblast

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ROUGH (adjective)
1. unpleasantly stern
2. violently agitated and turbulent
ROUGH (adverb)
1. with roughness or violence (`rough’ is an informal variant for `roughly’)
2. with rough motion as over a rough surface
ROUGH (verb)
1. prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
ROUGH (noun)
1. the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
SPRAY (noun)
1. a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist
2. a quantity of small objects flying through the air
SPRAY (verb)
1. be discharged in sprays of liquid
2. cover by spraying with a liquid

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