Impairment: alternatives and connections

The act of altering or making different.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.

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The act of debasing or the state of being debased.

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To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail;…

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The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, th…

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Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.

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A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

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The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion,…

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Alt. of Scath

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The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.

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The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body.

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A crooked leg.

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The action or effect of corrosive agents, or the process of corrosive change; as, the rusting of iron is a variety of corrosion.

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The broken state produced by decay and the infirmities of age; infirm old age.

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The act of deforming, or state of anything deformed.

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The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.

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That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; -- used very generically; as, detriments to property, religion, morals…

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The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.

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The act of dilapidating, or the state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined, or squandered.

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The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated.

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The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body.

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A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

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A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee.

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A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds…

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The falling down of a part through the orifice with which it is naturally connected, especially of the uterus or the rectum.

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Prolapse.

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To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a s…

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of Run

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Same as Weir.

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To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value.

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To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value.

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Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.

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Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.

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of Deaden

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The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

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State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like.

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Deprivation of ability; incapacity.

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An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additiona…

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Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.

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The act of stultifying, or the state of being stultified.

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