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bastardize collapse: declare a child to be illegitimate; change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms

devalue collapse: lower the value or quality of; "The tear devalues the painting"; remove the value from; deprive of its value

vulgarize collapse: act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize"

coarsen collapse: make less subtle or refined; "coarsen one's ideals"; make or become coarse or coarser; "coarsen the surface"; "Their minds coarsened"

juggle collapse: throwing and catching several objects simultaneously; the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression; hold with difficulty and balance insecurely; "the player juggled the ball"; throw, catch, and keep in the air several things simultaneously; deal with simultaneously; "She had to juggle her job and her children"; manipulate by or as if by moving around components; "juggle an account so as to hide a deficit"; influence by slyness

deflower collapse: deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village"

desecrate collapse: remove the consecration from a person or an object; violate the sacred character of a place or language; "desecrate a cemetery"; "violate the sanctity of the church"; "profane the name of God"

subtilize collapse: make (senses) more keen; mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words

rarefy collapse: weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance); make more subtle or refined; lessen the density or solidity of; "The bones are rarefied"

contaminate collapse: make radioactive by adding radioactive material; "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated"

dilute collapse: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"

irrigate collapse: supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting; "irrigate the wound"

baptize collapse: administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized"

attenuate collapse: reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording"; become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude

denature collapse: make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes; modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished; add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb

infect collapse: contaminate with a disease or microorganism; communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold"; affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room"; contaminate with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism"

prostitute collapse: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; sell one's body; exchange sex for money

expand collapse: become larger in size or volume or quantity; "his business expanded rapidly"; make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing"; extend in one or more directions; "The dough expands"

manipulate collapse: treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed; hold something in one's hands and move it; control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage; "She manipulates her boss"; "She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up"; "The teacher knew how to keep the class in line"; "she keeps in line"; influence or control shrewdly or deviously; "He manipulated public opinion in his favor"

fortify collapse: add nutrients to; "fortified milk"; enclose by or as if by a fortification

canker collapse: an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth); a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark; infect with a canker; become infected with a canker

degrade collapse: lower the grade of something; reduce its worth; reduce the level of land, as by erosion

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