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- impair
collapse - make worse or less effective; "His vision was impaired" related words >
- abate,
- abrade,
- abstract,
- abuse,
- afflict,
- aggravate,
- aggrieve,
- bate,
- befoul,
- bewitch,
- blemish,
- blight,
- condemn,
- corrupt,
- cripple,
- crucify,
- curse,
- curtail,
- damage,
- decrease,
- deduct,
- defile,
- deprave,
- depreciate,
- derogate,
- despoil,
- destroy,
- deteriorate,
- detract,
- dilapidate,
- diminish,
- disadvantage,
- disparage,
- disserve,
- distress,
- do a mischief,
- do evil,
- do ill,
- do wrong,
- do wrong by,
- doom,
- drain,
- eat away,
- embitter,
- endamage,
- envenom,
- erode,
- exacerbate,
- extract,
- file away,
- get into trouble,
- harass,
- harm,
- hex,
- hurt,
- infect,
- injure,
- irritate,
- jinx,
- leach,
- lessen,
- make worse,
- maltreat,
- mar,
- menace,
- mistreat,
- molest,
- outrage,
- persecute,
- play havoc with,
- play hob with,
- poison,
- pollute,
- prejudice,
- purify,
- put back,
- reduce,
- refine,
- remove,
- retrench,
- rub away,
- ruin,
- sap,
- savage,
- scathe,
- shorten,
- spoil,
- subduct,
- subtract,
- taint,
- take away,
- take from,
- tarnish,
- thin,
- thin out,
- threaten,
- torment,
- torture,
- undermine,
- violate,
- vitiate,
- weaken,
- wear away,
- weed,
- withdraw,
- worsen,
- wound,
- wreak havoc on,
- wrong
- bate
collapse
- soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins"
- flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons
- moderate or restrain; lessen the force of; "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"; "capable of bating his enthusiasm" related words >
- abate,
- ablate,
- abrade,
- abstract,
- alleviate,
- allow,
- attenuate,
- bar,
- be eaten away,
- blunt,
- charge off,
- close,
- consume,
- consume away,
- corrode,
- count out,
- crumble,
- curtail,
- cut,
- debar,
- decline,
- decrease,
- deduct,
- deliquesce,
- depreciate,
- derogate,
- detract,
- die away,
- die down,
- dilute,
- diminish,
- discount,
- disedge,
- disparage,
- dive,
- drain,
- draw the teeth,
- drop,
- drop off,
- dull,
- dwindle,
- ease,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- eat away,
- ebb,
- eliminate,
- erode,
- except,
- extenuate,
- extract,
- fall,
- fall away,
- fall off,
- file away,
- impair,
- kick back,
- languish,
- leach,
- lessen,
- let down,
- let up,
- loose,
- loosen,
- make allowance,
- melt away,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- obtund,
- plummet,
- plunge,
- purify,
- rebate,
- reduce,
- refine,
- refund,
- relax,
- remit,
- remove,
- repress,
- retrench,
- retund,
- rub away,
- rule out,
- run low,
- sag,
- shorten,
- shrink,
- sink,
- slack,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slacken,
- slake,
- subduct,
- subside,
- subtract,
- suspend,
- tail off,
- take a premium,
- take away,
- take from,
- take off,
- taper,
- taper off,
- thin,
- thin out,
- turn,
- unbend,
- unbrace,
- unstrain,
- unstring,
- wane,
- waste,
- waste away,
- water down,
- weaken,
- wear,
- wear away,
- weed,
- withdraw,
- write off
- shorten
collapse
- become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"
- make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"
- make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches" related words >
- abate,
- abbreviate,
- abrade,
- abridge,
- abstract,
- bate,
- be telegraphic,
- bob,
- bobtail,
- boil down,
- brief,
- capsule,
- capsulize,
- circumscribe,
- clip,
- coarct,
- compact,
- compress,
- concentrate,
- condense,
- consolidate,
- constrict,
- constringe,
- contract,
- cramp,
- crop,
- curtail,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- cut off short,
- cut short,
- damp,
- dampen,
- decrease,
- deduct,
- deflate,
- depreciate,
- depress,
- derogate,
- detract,
- digest,
- diminish,
- disparage,
- dock,
- downgrade,
- drain,
- draw,
- draw in,
- draw together,
- eat away,
- elide,
- epitomize,
- erode,
- excerpt,
- extract,
- file away,
- foreshorten,
- hem,
- impair,
- knit,
- leach,
- lessen,
- lower,
- minify,
- minimize,
- mow,
- narrow,
- nip,
- nutshell,
- outline,
- pare,
- poll,
- pollard,
- prune,
- pucker,
- pucker up,
- purify,
- purse,
- reap,
- recap,
- recapitulate,
- reduce,
- refine,
- remove,
- retrench,
- roll back,
- rub away,
- scale down,
- shave,
- shear,
- shrink,
- simplify,
- sketch,
- sketch out,
- slash,
- snub,
- solidify,
- step down,
- strangle,
- strangulate,
- stunt,
- subduct,
- subtract,
- sum up,
- summarize,
- synopsize,
- take away,
- take from,
- take in,
- telescope,
- thin,
- thin out,
- trim,
- truncate,
- tune down,
- waste no words,
- wear away,
- weed,
- withdraw,
- wrinkle
- guzzle
collapse
- drink greedily or as if with great thirst; "The boys guzzled the cheap vodka" related words >
- bacchanal,
- bacchanalia,
- bacchanalian,
- bat,
- batten,
- bender,
- beverage,
- bib,
- binge,
- bolt,
- bolt down,
- booze,
- bout,
- bumper,
- bust,
- carousal,
- carouse,
- celebration,
- compotation,
- cram,
- debauch,
- devour,
- draft,
- drain the cup,
- dram,
- drench,
- drink,
- drink bottoms-up,
- drink deep,
- drink hard,
- drink in,
- drink off,
- drink to,
- drink up,
- drinking bout,
- drop,
- drunk,
- drunken carousal,
- engorge,
- esophagus,
- fauces,
- follow strong drink,
- gargle,
- glut,
- gluttonize,
- gobble,
- goozle,
- gorge,
- gormandize,
- grog,
- gullet,
- gulp,
- gulp down,
- guttle,
- hals,
- imbibe,
- ingurgitate,
- jag,
- jigger,
- jolt,
- knock back,
- lap,
- lap up,
- libation,
- liquor up,
- live to eat,
- nip,
- orgy,
- peg,
- pharynx,
- pledge,
- portion,
- potation,
- potion,
- pub-crawl,
- pull,
- quaff,
- raven,
- round,
- round of drinks,
- shot,
- sip,
- slop,
- slosh,
- slurp,
- snifter,
- snort,
- soak,
- spot,
- spree,
- stuff,
- suck,
- suck in,
- suckle,
- sup,
- swig,
- swill,
- symposium,
- tank up,
- tear,
- throat,
- tipple,
- toast,
- toot,
- tope,
- toss down,
- toss off,
- tot,
- wash down,
- wassail,
- weasand,
- wet,
- wizen,
- wolf,
- wolf down
- purify
collapse
- remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"
- make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"
- become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin; "The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify" related words >
- abate,
- abrade,
- absolve,
- abstract,
- acquit,
- atone,
- bate,
- beatify,
- bleach,
- bless,
- bolt,
- bowdlerize,
- canonize,
- chasten,
- clarify,
- clean,
- clean out,
- clean up,
- cleanse,
- clear,
- clear out,
- consecrate,
- curtail,
- decontaminate,
- decrassify,
- decrease,
- dedicate,
- deduct,
- delouse,
- depreciate,
- depurate,
- derogate,
- deterge,
- detract,
- devote,
- diminish,
- disinfect,
- disparage,
- distill,
- drain,
- dry-clean,
- dust,
- dust off,
- eat away,
- edulcorate,
- elute,
- enshrine,
- erode,
- essentialize,
- exalt,
- exculpate,
- excuse,
- exonerate,
- expiate,
- expurgate,
- extract,
- file away,
- filter,
- filtrate,
- forgive,
- freshen,
- fumigate,
- glorify,
- hallow,
- impair,
- leach,
- lessen,
- lixiviate,
- lustrate,
- narrow,
- oversimplify,
- pardon,
- percolate,
- purge,
- rectify,
- redeem,
- reduce,
- reduce to elements,
- refine,
- reform,
- remit,
- remove,
- restrain,
- retrench,
- rub away,
- saint,
- sanctify,
- sanitize,
- scavenge,
- screen,
- separate,
- set apart,
- shorten,
- shrive,
- sieve,
- sift,
- simplify,
- spiritualize,
- spruce,
- steam-clean,
- strain,
- streamline,
- strip down,
- subduct,
- sublimate,
- sublime,
- subtract,
- sweep out,
- sweeten,
- take away,
- take from,
- thin,
- thin out,
- tidy,
- try,
- wash,
- wear away,
- weed,
- whiten,
- winnow,
- wipe,
- wipe off,
- wipe out,
- wipe up,
- withdraw
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