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abrogate
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to abolish; do away with; or annul by authority
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close the gate
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burgeon
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to begin to grow and flourish
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seeds barge through the earth
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burnish
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to polish; rub to a shine
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when something begins to tarnish you burnish
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decimate
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to destroy a large portion of
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many students would love to decimate decimals
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deprecate
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to express disapproval of; to belittle
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don't appreciate so you deprecate
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fetter
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to shackle, put in chains; to impede or restrict
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fetter around
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forestall
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to prevent by taking action first; preempt
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stall the action of another
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immolate
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to kill, as a sacrifice.; to ruin by fire; to destroy
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it's too late..
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interdict
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to prohibit, forbid
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he's a dick to interdict that
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petrify
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to make hard or stiff like a stone; to paralyze with fear, astonishment, or dread
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petrified wood;
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pique
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to wound someone's pride, to offend; to arouse or provoke
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piqued my interest
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stultify
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to impair or make ineffective; to cripple
to make someone look foolish or incompetent |
the stilts stulified the man
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subvert
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to overthrow. to ruin, destroy completely. to undermine
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sneak in through the subway to subvert
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upbraid
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to reprove, reproach sharply, condemn; admonish
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grab her up by her braid
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truncate
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to shorten or terminate by cutting the top or end off
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from the trunk up
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