Cryptic crossword clue
Cats reviewed, based on Eliot’s capital poetic hit  5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SMOTE

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What does SMOTE mean?

SMOTE verb
  1. To hit, to strike.
  2. To strike down or kill with godly force.
  3. To injure with divine power.
  4. To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
  5. To afflict; to chasten; to punish.
  6. (now only in passive) To strike with love or infatuation.

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