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Mangle

To cut or bruise with repeated blows or strokes, making a ragged or torn wound, or covering with wounds; to tear in cutting; to cut in a bungling manner; to lacerate; to mutilate.

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Blemish 76% connected

To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Damage 76% connected

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

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Deface 76% connected

To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or porti…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disfigure 76% connected

To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Distort 76% connected

Distorted; misshapen.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Falsify 76% connected

To make false; to represent falsely.

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Garble 76% connected

To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Iron 76% connected

The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite, magnetite, etc.…

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Press 76% connected

An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Warp 76% connected

To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.

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Injure 72% connected

To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to…

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Mar 72% connected

A small lake. See Mere.

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Mutilate 72% connected

Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Wound 72% connected

of Wind

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Maul 92% connected

A heavy wooden hammer or beetle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Murder 92% connected

The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mutilate 92% connected

Deprived of, or having lost, an important part; mutilated.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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