VERB: "to prevent entirely from scoring" Crossword Clue

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VERB: "to prevent entirely from scoring" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
2. a defeat in a game where one side fails to score
(verb)
1. defeat by a lurch

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SCORING (noun)
1. evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
PREVENT (verb)
1. stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
2. keep from happening or arising; make impossible

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