Cryptic crossword clue
Recruit losing heart is put down 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word RASE

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What does RASE mean?

RASE noun
  1. A scratching out, or erasure
  2. A slight wound; a scratch
  3. A way of measuring in which the commodity measured was made even with the top of the measuring vessel by rasing, or striking off, all that was above it
RASE verb
  1. To rub along the surface of; to graze
  2. To rub or scratch out; to erase
  3. To level with the ground; to overthrow; to destroy; to raze
  4. To be leveled with the ground; to fall; to suffer overthrow

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