The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SCAVENGE
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More clues leading to the result SCAVENGE
- Second enclosure protects very small space for root
- Search of Southern grotto initially not good enough
- Shilling and cents repay search through rubbish
- Forage in underground chamber cutting tin and germanium
- No stomach for chase, vegans sabotaged hunt
- Collect items others consider useless
- Scottish leaders retaliate and clean up the streets
- Search small grotto and say name echoing
- Look for a scrap, namely to get one’s own back
- Retaliate after two characters leading scatter grub around
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What does SCAVENGE mean?
SCAVENGE verb- To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material
- To remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities
- To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle
- To feed on carrion or refuse