| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To put an end to, especially formally and with authority: abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, cancel, invalidate, negate, nullify, set aside, void. Law : extinguish. See CONTINUE. 2. To ruin utterly in character or quality: animalize, bastardize, bestialize, brutalize, canker, corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, pervert, stain, warp. See CLEAN, HELP. 3. To spoil the soundness or perfection of: blemish, damage, detract from, disserve, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, prejudice, tarnish. See BETTER, HELP.
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