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

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exorcism collapse: freeing from evil spirits

Jonah collapse: a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale; a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him; (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship; he was saved by being swallowed by a whale that vomited him out onto dry land

bedevil collapse

malocchio collapse

evil eye collapse: a look that is believed to have the power of inflicting harm

maltreat collapse

bad influence collapse

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

envenom collapse

play havoc with collapse

deprave collapse

obsess collapse: be preoccupied with something; "She is obsessing over her weight"

befoul collapse

hoodoo collapse: something believed to bring bad luck; a practitioner of voodoo; (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock; "a tall sandstone hoodoo"; bring back luck; be a source of misfortune

ill-wind collapse

aggrieve collapse: infringe on the rights of

whammy collapse: a serious or devastating setback

wreak havoc collapse

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"

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

bewitch collapse

possess collapse: have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill; "he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East"; enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas; "What possessed you to buy this house?"; "A terrible rage possessed her"

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

glamour collapse

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

crucify collapse: kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified"

hex collapse: an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me"; cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something

disadvantage collapse: the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position; put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm; "This rule clearly disadvantages me"

molest collapse: harass or assault sexually; make indecent advances to

voodoo collapse: a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities; bewitch by or as if by a voodoo

threaten collapse: to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"; to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens"

afflict collapse: cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed; cause pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"; "That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement"; cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents"

injure collapse: cause injuries or bodily harm to

witch collapse: a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil

menace collapse: a threat or the act of threatening; "he spoke with desperate menace"; something that is a source of danger; "earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan"; act in a threatening manner; "A menacing person"; express a threat either by an utterance or a gesture; "he menaced the bank manager with a stick"

weird collapse: strikingly odd or unusual; "some trick of the moonlight; some weird effect of shadow"- Bram Stoker

despoil collapse

harm collapse: cause or do harm to; "These pills won't harm your system"

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