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  • 81damage — dam·age 1 n [Old French, from dam injury, harm, from Latin damnum financial loss, fine] 1: loss or harm resulting from injury to person, property, or reputation 2 pl: the money awarded to a party in a civil suit as reparation for the loss or… …

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  • 82destroy — I (efface) verb abort, annihilate, blast, blight, blot out, break to pieces, bring to ruin, burn, consume, corrode, deal destruction, decimate, deface, demolish, desolate, destruct, destruere, devastate, devour, diruere, disintegrate, dissolve,… …

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  • 83mutilate — I verb amputate, batter, blemish, bruise, butcher, cripple, cut, damage, debilitate, deface, deform, deprive of an important part, disable, disfigure, dismantle, dismember, distort, gash, impair, incapacitate, injure, knock out of shape, lacerate …

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  • 84spoil — I (impair) verb addle, blemish, blight, botch, break, bungle, butcher, corrumpere, corrupt, damage, damage irreparably, debase, decay, decompose, deface, defile, deform, demolish, destroy, deteriorate, dilapidate, disable, disfigure, go bad, harm …

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  • 85sully — I verb asperse, attaint, bedim, begrime, belittle, bemire, besmear, blacken, blemish, blot, blur, brand, contaminate, corrupt, daub, debase, decry, deface, defame, defile, degrade, denigrate, denounce, deprecate, depreciate, dirty, discredit,… …

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  • 86tarnish — I verb asperse, befoul, blacken, blemish, blot, brand, cloud, contaminate, corrode, darken, deface, defame, degrade, denigrate, desecrate, dim, dirty, discolor, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, dull, fade, foul, inquinare, lose luster, maculate,… …

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  • 87damage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. harm, injure, mar, impair. n. deterioration, harm, injury; (pl.), amends, recompense (see compensation). See weakness, wrong. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Injury] Syn. harm, hurt, impairment, wound,… …

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  • 88mutilate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. maim, destroy, cripple; disfigure, deface, mar. See distortion, deterioration, formlessness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To maim] Syn. disfigure, dismember, mangle, cut off, cut up; see also maim ,… …

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  • 89obliterate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. efface, erase, expunge, cancel; rub, sponge, or scratch out, blot out, take out; dele, delete, strike out, wipe out, wash out; wipe away; deface, leave no trace. See destruction, oblivion,… …

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  • 90Amorphism — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Absence of form. < N PARAG:Amorphism >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 amorphism amorphism informity Sgm: N 1 unlicked cub unlicked cub Sgm: N 1 rudis indigestaque moles rudis indigestaque moles Sgm: N 1 disorder disorder &c. 59 …

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