Curse of firm limited in growth Crossword Clue

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Curse of firm limited in growth Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a person who inspires fear or dread
2. a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
(verb)
1. whip
2. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

GROWTH (noun)
1. the gradual beginning or coming forth
2. (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
LIMITED (adjective)
1. subject to limits or subjected to limits
2. mediocre
LIMITED (noun)
1. public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops

Hint 3: Anagram

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SCROUGE

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