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injure: cause injuries or bodily harm to

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offence collapse

deface collapse: deface a building facade, for example; mar or spoil the appearance of; "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"

mangle collapse: clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers; alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"; press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets"

sprain collapse: a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments

manhandle collapse: handle roughly; "I was manhandled by the police"

knock about collapse

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

slander collapse: words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

mishandle collapse

traumatize collapse: inflict a trauma upon

ill-use collapse

maltreat collapse

mistreat collapse: treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"

envenom collapse

claw collapse: a bird's foot; sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles; a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods; attack as if with claws; "The politician clawed his rival"; clutch as if in panic; "She clawed the doorknob"; scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails; move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging; "They clawed their way to the top of the mountain"

bruise collapse: an injury that doesn't break the skin but results in some discoloration; damage (plant tissue) by abrasion of pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"; break up into small pieces for food preparation; "bruise the berries with a wooden spoon and strain them"; injure the underlying soft tissue of bone of; "I bruised my knee"

exacerbate collapse: exasperate or irritate

play havoc with collapse

deprave collapse

embitter collapse: cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices embittered her even more"

befoul collapse

spite collapse

grieve collapse: feel grief; eat one's heart out; cause to feel sorrow; "his behavior grieves his mother"

deform collapse: alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"; become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake"; make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture"

jinx collapse: foredoom to failure; "This project is jinxed!"

aggrieve collapse: infringe on the rights of

wreak havoc collapse

maim collapse: injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"

scathe collapse

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"

punish collapse: impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"

impair collapse: make worse or less effective; "His vision was impaired"

lacerate collapse: having edges that are jagged from injury; irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn; "lacerate leaves"; cut or tear irregularly; deeply hurt the feelings of; distress; "his lacerating remarks"

scald collapse: the act of burning with steam or hot water; a burn cause by hot liquid or steam; burn with a hot liquid or steam; "She scalded her hands when she turned on the faucet and hot water came out"; heat to the boiling point; "scald the milk"; treat with boiling water; "scald tomatoes so that they can be peeled"

deteriorate collapse: become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"

bewitch collapse

insult collapse: a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"

persecute collapse: cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"

pollute collapse: make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"

mutilate collapse: destroy or injure severely; "mutilated bodies"; destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work"

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