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putrefy collapse: become putrid; decay with an offensive smell; "organic matter putrefies"

defame collapse: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

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

admixture collapse: an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base; "the growing medium should be equal parts of sand and loam with an admixture of peat moss and cow manure"; "a large intermixture of sand"; the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something

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"

foible collapse: the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip

epidemiology collapse: the branch of medical science dealing with the transmission and control of disease

black eye collapse: a bad reputation; "his behavior gave the whole family a black eye"

disease collapse: an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning

decompose collapse: separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts; break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat"

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"

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

inkling collapse: a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen"

adulterate collapse: mixed with impurities; corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"

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

vector collapse: a variable quantity that can be resolved into components; any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease; "mosquitos are vectors of malaria and yellow fever"; "fleas are vectors of the plague"; "aphids are transmitters of plant diseases"; "when medical scientists talk about vectors they are usually talking about insects"; a straight line segment whose length is magnitude and whose orientation in space is direction

sully collapse: French statesman (1560-1641); United States painter (born in England) of portraits and historical scenes (1783-1872)

vilify collapse: spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"

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