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

knock about collapse

mishandle collapse

ill-use collapse

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

envenom collapse

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"

play havoc with collapse

deprave collapse

befoul collapse

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

aggrieve collapse: infringe on the rights of

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"

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"

bewitch collapse

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

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

malodorous collapse: having an unpleasant smell

maul collapse: a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges; injure badly by beating; split (wood) with a maul and wedges

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

oppress collapse: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"

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"

misuse collapse: improper or excessive use

despoil collapse

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

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