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What is another word for
soften
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Make or become less severe
To cause to become physically weaker
To make something soft or softer
To make less harsh
Make or become more tender or loving
To soften or be softened by soaking
To make or become liquefied by heat
To arouse affection, pity, or compassion in
To make human or humane
To become mature, old or ripe
To partially or completely cook in advance
To punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc)
To diminish to nothing
To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises
Get or make better
To lie half-hidden or in shelter
To change (something) so as to make it suitable for a particular use or situation
(
of colors
)
To render pale or less bright
Lessen the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially gradually or insidiously
To be, or cause to be, wet or waterlogged
To punish or reprimand (someone) for a fault or crime
To completely destroy or devastate
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Verb
▲
Make or become less severe
cushion
diminish
ease
lessen
moderate
soothe
temper
alleviate
allay
assuage
mitigate
abate
calm
lower
modify
palliate
relax
relieve
buffer
decrease
dull
gentle
lighten
muffle
quell
subdue
blunt
deaden
lenify
melt
tenderise
UK
tenderize
US
appease
bend
disintegrate
dissolve
give
knead
mash
mellow
moisten
mollify
qualify
reduce
relent
still
thaw
yield
take the edge off
tone down
become tender
turn down
weaken
dampen
quieten
quiet
suppress
mute
restrain
pacify
stifle
dilute
soft-pedal
silence
placate
lull
cool
attenuate
sweeten
help
check
smother
tranquillize
UK
modulate
tranquilize
US
curb
hush
compose
minimize
US
damp
play down
control
settle
minimise
UK
slacken
extenuate
ameliorate
damp down
repress
squelch
comfort
regulate
mask
muzzle
tame
absorb
conciliate
calm down
numb
propitiate
downplay
water down
smooth
impair
salve
contain
extinguish
quench
kill
limit
restrict
loosen
take the sting out
pour oil on
put the lid on
deemphasize
thin
remit
curtail
cut
master
gag
whitewash
satisfy
benumb
hold back
deplete
crush
console
constrain
dulcify
reconcile
lick
resolve
heal
dim
adjust
cool out
quieten down
break
put down
solace
pipe down
take the bite out
decrease the volume
bolster
make light of
darken
buttress
excuse
chill out
sober
sap
slake
shush
bridle
vary
overcome
dispel
degrade
depress
content
erode
loose
release
vindicate
blanket
conquer
undermine
humble
obtund
quash
gloss over
inhibit
mince
de-escalate
discipline
pad
disarm
govern
drown
commute
dwindle
downsize
devalue
change
square
vanquish
cure
subjugate
cripple
anaesthetize
UK
make less
de-emphasize
stop
cow
win over
drop
becalm
lullaby
anesthetize
US
chasten
take
rein in
make peace with
make nice
fix up
upraise
unburden
keep it down
put damper on
keep in check
ease up
wind down
shut down
cut down
quiet down
hold in
soften up
patch things up
meet halfway
let up on
take a load off
put an end to
balm
get the better of
make less intense
break in
take the sting out of
pillow
spare
revise
euphemize
shade
deepen
cloud
paralyse
UK
address
improve
restraint
shorten
soak up
underestimate
underplay
underrate
belittle
slack
untighten
gruntle
paralyze
US
fill
surfeit
taper
depreciate
dumb
take sting out
fix
get rid of
humour
UK
shrink
wane
contract
subside
decrement
put a stop to
admix
temperate
protect against
do
humor
US
smooth down
untrouble
keep under control
ally
cool off
transmogrify
switch
revamp
shut up
ebb
defend against
shield against
embroider
embellish
sugar the pill
blur
reduce punishment
scale down
muddy up
insulate
seclude
guard
take pressure off
be enough
adulterate
remedy
rectify
dismiss
dissipate
banish
fine tune
make reasonable
arrange
lay off
cut back
wear away
roll back
peter out
wear down
narrow
lessen the impact of
soften the impact of
make matters up
reduce the impact of
accede to somebody's demands
safeguard against
make agreeable
cork up
bottle up
eliminate
destroy
extend
lace
sophisticate
sate
cauterize
US
mend
monkey around with
steady
order
organize
US
drive away
chase away
put to rest
drive off
ease off
tail off
give a lower profile
give little weight to
make smaller
attach little importance to
talk down
think nothing of
reduce the effect of
adapt
debase
disempower
invalidate
cheer
dress up
take the bite out of
stabilize
US
hebetate
desensitise
UK
cauterise
UK
disable
desensitize
US
enfeeble
debilitate
discount
prune
dent
downscale
reduce the force of
make lighter
reduce something
bedim
soberize
patch up
put to rights
iron out
sort out
veil
prettify
condone
veneer
gloze
screen
whiten
exculpate
sugarcoat
white
dissemble
varnish
dial down
truncate
abridge
slash
stroke
grease
con
pacificate
dulcorate
honey
sugar
make little of
play up to
circumscribe
make conditional
frame
construct
balance
design
plan
arrest
demilitarise
UK
save
neutralise
UK
smooth out
rescue
recover
clear the air
stabilise
UK
neutralize
US
defuse
take the heat
demilitarize
US
stretch
broaden
knock down
thin out
reassure
assure
add to
alter
add reservations to
squash
defeat
impose peace upon
butter up
make peace
smooth over
restore harmony to
lay back
hush up
quick fix
apologize for
form
shape
concoct
pare down
dip
fade
cool down
settle down
disburden
disencumber
empty
levitate
remove
uplight
facilitate
shift
free
jettison
eradicate
unload
kiss and make up
clear the air with
bury the hatchet
smooth someone's ruffled feathers
support
make additions to
make less painful
overpower
brighten
open
put a damper on
pale
counteract
work out
set out
let up
simmer down
marshal
UK
dispose
tune down
rein
organise
UK
map out
put together
make up
marshall
US
hold
train
domesticate
measure
rule
keep
add a rider to
put on a Band-Aid
slap down
snuff out
buck up
condole with
give solace to
punctuate
succor
US
succour
UK
house-train
enslave
liss
interrupt
reduce weight
put off
throw out
pour out
clamp down on
crack down on
liberalize
US
liberalise
UK
justify
beat
conceal
hide
cover
prevent
aid
break up
assist
cultivate
reclaim
bust
domesticize
domiciliate
pull in
housebreak
overwhelm
defend
keep a lid on
keep the lid on
nip in the bud
bring respite to
make dim
make faint
make less bright
bring to heel
make tame
trounce
triumph over
explain
explain away
deodorize
US
bring an end to
make bearable
trim
dispatch
dominate
overbear
skunk
subject
best
trample
overmatch
worst
upend
thrash
subordinate
get
overrun
surmount
break the spirit
break the spirit of
get a grip on
free up
clobber
hammer
demolish
take load off
gloze over
deodorise
UK
make excuses for
bear down
underbring
prevail over
walk all over
make mincemeat of
get the upper hand over
gain ascendancy over
bring someone to their knees
gain the upper hand over
get the upper hand
do down
get around
wipe the floor with
hold in check
get under control
beat down
win against
bring aid to
make something bearable
bring aid
sit down on
make allowances for
make a case for
give an explanation for
make allowances
come up with an explanation for
more ❯
“Something sharp and dangerous transformed his face, his expression going from that of a parent trying to
soften
a blow to a dark anger.”
Verb
▲
To cause to become physically weaker
weaken
debilitate
enfeeble
enervate
sap
devitalize
tire
prostrate
waste
etiolate
exhaust
drain
incapacitate
undermine
fatigue
wear out
cripple
disable
knacker
knock out
immobilize
US
weary
do in
paralyse
UK
shatter
lay low
make feeble
paralyze
US
immobilise
UK
indispose
impair
frazzle
torpefy
make weak
poop
destroy
wash out
fag out
attenuate
erode
deplete
reduce
diminish
overtax
tax
blunt
overtire
whack
jade
emasculate
tire out
vitiate
take it out of
wear to a frazzle
put out of action
handicap
unnerve
ruin
depress
bush
disempower
wear down
wreck
faint
eviscerate
render infirm
tucker out
lessen
lower
bleed
consume
wither
sap your strength
take it out of one
wear away
rob
subvert
disembowel
exenterate
encumber
hamper
injure
hinder
hurt
mar
harm
extenuate
sap the strength of
unstrengthen
overcome
crush
overwhelm
confine to bed
confine to a wheelchair
overpower
eat away
devastate
impoverish
hamstring
floor
dilute
make powerless
fell
oppress
make helpless
swamp
overmaster
whelm
down
level
drop
overturn
make impotent
disarm
overthrow
mow
knock down
bring someone to their knees
defeat
make weary
mow down
drown
snow under
grind down
knock over
make feebler
bleach
pale
fade
sicken
whiten
blanch
wan
water down
bowl down
bowl over
bring low
pull the teeth of
reduce the power of
remove the sting from
deprive of force
reduce the powers of
unhinge
wear
harass
break
kill
outwear
bust
fail
fold
burn out
overwork
strain
overburden
sink
overstrain
pain
do up
wilt
ennui
collapse
grow weary
poop out
give out
peter out
put to sleep
go stale
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make something soft or softer
unstiffen
make pliable
make softer
relax
Verb
▲
To make less harsh
abate
lessen
moderate
subside
decrease
diminish
dwindle
slacken
weaken
calm down
die down
grow less
let up
wane
ease
recede
ebb
relent
remit
taper off
drop off
decline
shrink
reduce
taper
fall
lower
pall
de-escalate
ease up
die out
ratchet down
fall away
drain away
phase down
die away
alleviate
relax
mitigate
drop
ease off
slack off
rachet down
contract
attenuate
fade
slacken off
peter out
slack
fall off
slow down
slow
modulate
wind down
temper
flag
slake
sag
get less
become less intense
lighten
slump
plummet
plunge
sink
quell
curb
quiet
decrement
depreciate
tail off
decay
dry up
deteriorate
settle
blur
become smaller
evaporate
degenerate
run low
crumble
shrivel
restrain
devaluate
waste
become less
check
wear away
lose edge
narrow down
grow smaller
droop
wither
wear down
lull
calm
quieten down
still
cease
terminate
descend
quieten
melt
slip
melt away
settle down
fall down
come to a stop
come to an end
level off
downscale
drain
downsize
close
deplete
trail off
dent
make less
knock down
release
depress
disengage
minimize
US
curtail
minify
trail
retrench
abbreviate
extenuate
minimise
UK
die off
thin out
wilt
shape
elongate
rescind
trail away
bate
cool off
become weaker
fizzle out
fade out
pare down
tone down
turn down
go downhill
make smaller
fade away
thin down
phase out
hit the floor
go through the floor
draw to a close
more ❯
Verb
▲
Make or become more tender or loving
relent
yield
capitulate
acquiesce
give in
melt
back-pedal
unbend
accede
give way
weaken
blink
bow
budge
concede
forbear
quit
submit
succumb
surrender
back down
come round
do a U-turn
have mercy
become lenient
become merciful
comply
fold
give quarter
have pity
knuckle under
show mercy
show pity
slow
sympathise
UK
sympathize
US
admit something
agree to something
allow something
be merciful
concede something
cave in
come around
cool it
cry uncle
die away
do an about-turn
give up
lay back
let go
let happen
lighten up
mellow out
say uncle
change one's mind
ease up on
give some slack
go along with
go easy on
let it happen
change your mind
take a softer line
assent
agree
consent
bend
vacillate
waver
hesitate
ease off
ease up
touch
mollify
relax
disarm
affect
move
forgive
more ❯
Verb
▲
To soften or be softened by soaking
macerate
soak
steep
mash
pulp
infuse
squash
drench
drown
impregnate
liquefy
saturate
sodden
sop
souse
deliquesce
emaciate
marinade
marinate
permeate
puree
ret
separate
break up
crush
smash
grind
triturate
pound
liquidize
US
beat
cream
chew
mince
masticate
scrunch
mangle
press
pulverize
US
bruise
pulverise
UK
liquidise
UK
reduce
sieve
shred
mill
levigate
bray
comminute
powderize
gelatinate
coagulate
champ
crunch
chomp
eat
manducate
bite
chumble
ruminate
munch
whip
purée
brew
push
decoct
hash
mush
squish
mush up
powder
crumble
granulate
grate
atomize
disintegrate
pestle
mull
scrape
fragment
kibble
rasp
flatten
abrade
jam
stamp on
compress
scratch
break
file
squelch
squirt
pinch
grit
gnash
drive
din
grave
crystallize
US
trample
squeeze
sit on
cover
dust
bang
hammer
shiver
crumple
attenuate
crystallise
UK
strew
sprinkle
dredge
scatter
force down
chop up
roll out
flour
process
make grainy
make coarse
scuff
fray
skin
bark
raze
tamp down
rub into pieces
grind down
trample down
splinter
shatter
strain
contuse
contriturate
total
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make or become liquefied by heat
melt
flux
run
thaw
fuse
liquefy
deliquesce
dissolve
defrost
unfreeze
diffuse
liquify
render
clarify
cook
disintegrate
flow
go
heat
liquesce
merge
smelt
vaporise
UK
vaporize
US
warm
melt down
pass away
thaw out
waste away
de-ice
solvate
deice
fluidify
break down
defront
unthaw
become a solution
go into solution
loosen
mollify
unbend
relent
open up
warm up
become soft
become liquid
more ❯
Verb
▲
To arouse affection, pity, or compassion in
move
affect
touch
arouse
grab
impact
impassion
impress
influence
inspire
melt
stimulate
stir
agitate
disquiet
strike
disturb
excite
hit
shake
upset
have an impact on
tug at your heartstrings
make an impression on
sadden
pain
dispirit
dishearten
distress
tug at the heart
make sad
arouse sympathy
arouse pity
tug at someone's heartstrings
Verb
▲
To make human or humane
humanize
US
civilise
UK
civilize
US
improve
educate
enlighten
refine
cultivate
polish
better
edify
instruct
tame
mellow
reclaim
socialise
UK
socialize
US
sophisticate
acculturate
teach
temper
rub the rough edges off
indoctrinate
illumine
illume
illuminate
nurture
inspire
personalize
US
tutor
inform
advance
promote
ethicize
enrich
elevate
uplift
develop
idealize
US
spiritualize
foster
acquaint
ennoble
idealise
UK
bring culture to
bring civilization to
help forward
depoliticize
personalise
UK
more ❯
Verb
▲
To become mature, old or ripe
age
mature
ripen
mellow
decline
season
condition
grow up
develop
fade
grow
progress
sweeten
weather
wither
become mellow
deteriorate
grow old
become old
make mellow
make old
push
wane
come of age
become older
cause to decline
get along
get on
grow feeble
grow older
advance in years
put mileage on
relax
improve
settle
calm
perfect
maturate
fill out
milden
mollify
expand
ease up
arrive
ripe
settle down
calm down
more ❯
Verb
▲
To partially or completely cook in advance
precook
boil
cook
parboil
prepare
simmer
Verb
▲
To punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc)
chasten
humble
humiliate
subdue
cow
curb
squash
tame
abase
cheapen
debase
deflate
degrade
demean
discipline
discredit
disgrace
dishonour
UK
dishonor
US
flatten
foul
lower
mortify
restrain
shame
sink
smirch
afflict
check
repress
bring down
bring low
take down
put down
cut down to size
put in your place
put someone in their place
take down a peg or two
devalue
embarrass
crush
belittle
abash
take down a peg
bemean
denigrate
cast down
own
shoot down
show up
quash
make someone eat crow
reduce
smear
tarnish
prostitute
disparage
chagrin
corrupt
discomfit
taint
downgrade
debauch
snub
blot
diminish
tear down
make a fool of
reproach
put to shame
make someone eat humble pie
drag through the mud
stoop
demote
pervert
deteriorate
bastardize
US
defame
lessen
profane
warp
vitiate
deprave
subvert
descend
stigmatize
US
sully
blemish
slander
canker
poison
blacken
besmear
derogate
damage
defile
destroy
bastardise
UK
cause to lose face
stigmatise
UK
drag down
make ashamed
bring into disrepute
censure
run down
bring shame to
give a black eye
take the wind out of someone's sails
lower the status of
blame
break
subjugate
stain
disconcert
slam
pan
injure
demoralize
US
besmirch
undermine
slur
harm
expose
mar
attaint
libel
pull down
disconsider
ridicule
spoil
weaken
decry
demoralise
UK
ruin
mudsling
disfavor
US
disfavour
UK
reflect badly on
drag through the mire
dump on
put in a bad light
show in a bad light
bring shame upon
give a bad name
reflect on
get the better of
have the last laugh on
reduce the status of
bring shame on
deign
condescend
floor
depress
crawl
demolish
brand
disoblige
scandalize
US
cast a slur
spot
control
depreciate
disregard
deride
desecrate
disrespect
scandalise
UK
mock
let down
take apart
give a bad name to
tar and feather
lose face
silence
overcome
upset
squelch
make lose face
betray
devaluate
enfeeble
disable
debilitate
cripple
sap
put away
strike dumb
take to bits
take to pieces
make uncomfortable
make someone feel ashamed
dispirit
succumb
pop one's balloon
make eat dirt
put one away
deny
suppress
bring down a peg
make one feel small
cut to the quick
minimize
US
drop
decline
minimise
UK
fall
undervalue
discourage
dismay
dishearten
force to eat humble pie
sell out
punish
lose value
render worthless
be untrue to oneself
beat down
lower oneself
demean yourself
lower yourself
debase oneself
be reduced
be reduced to
demean oneself
debase yourself
debunk
dash
knock down
puncture balloon
let down easy
get under control
knock the stuffing out of
kick in the teeth
let wind out of sails
take the wind out of somebody's sails
blister
wither
rip
discountenance
vilify
confound
confuse
vanquish
downplay
compromise
brutalize
US
impair
dehumanize
US
desensitize
US
dehumanise
UK
disbar
declass
desensitise
UK
worsen
depose
bump
detract
bench
brutalise
UK
soil
calumniate
malign
detract from
cut down
rule out
pooh-pooh
shoot
disesteem
puncture
bring into disfavour
insult
play down
cast aspersions on
do a hatchet job on
bring to naught
poke full of holes
take rug out from under
blow up
knock bottom out of
frown upon
cause to feel small
put out of countenance
traduce
bad-mouth
asperse
befoul
knock
bring discredit to
rubbish
slag off
attack
speak ill of
blotch
breathe on
do a number on
cast a slur on
assail
rip up and down
pollute
sling mud at
fling mud at
muckrake
dirty
blacken the name of
contaminate
denounce
spread scandal about
run smear campaign
blight
condemn
deprecate
vilipend
hurt
tar
trash
poor-mouth
revile
smudge
mark
daub
pillory
discolour
UK
abuse
bring dishonour to
displease
criticize
US
dis
dismiss
discolor
US
damage the reputation of
criticise
UK
mess up
label
muddy
begrime
grime
adulterate
characterize
US
annoy
scorn
splash
spatter
vex
class
classify
splatter
offend
back-bite
infect
muck
gaum
mire
distain
bemire
scorch
underestimate
prejudice
contemn
horrify
appal
UK
underrate
get dirty
disfigure
speak evil of
characterise
UK
blackguard
diss
affront
deface
rap
mark out
discount
trash-talk
despoil
slate
roast
belie
make filthy
make dirty
get filthy
maculate
reflect negatively
cry down
appall
US
pour scorn on
waste
write off
cast in a bad light
mark down
harm the reputation of
kiss off
muddy the reputation of
talk down
ravage
blacken the reputation of
muck up
bedaub
distort
badmouth
influence
dilute
misrepresent
despise
bestialize
impugn
lower in rank
lower in status
touch
darken
anoint
slag
gossip about
mongrelize
sling mud
relegate
deform
be prejudicial to
drag through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
disappoint
crumb
bedraggle
mess
muss
make mucky
muss up
trivialize
US
stamp
designate
tag
disdain
treat lightly
vituperate
cloud
faze
fluster
rattle
nonplus
scoff at
make light of
lie about
blacken the character of
villainize
throw mud at
set back
revert
do down
sneer at
tell lies about
disrate
bust
reduce to the ranks
kick downstairs
shock
outrage
disgust
minify
sell short
misprize
run a smear campaign against
put someone to shame
get one's comeuppance
take the wind out
harass
worry
rape
violate
cast a slur upon
trivialise
UK
dispraise
have a go at
find fault with
look down on
pull apart
clamor against
hold cheap
slight
spurn
hit out at
fault
pick holes in
cast slur on
put zingers on
deflower
molest
ravish
seduce
perturb
discompose
tinge
sicken
repel
revolt
nauseate
do discredit to
blemish the reputation of
tarnish the reputation of
scuzz up
be a discredit to
make foul
backbite
give offence to
raise eyebrows amongst
blackball
cause raised eyebrows
lampoon
cause a few raised eyebrows amongst
irk
irritate
blast
wreck
disquiet
execrate
flame
lambaste
scar
become a stain of the escutcheon of
become a blot of the escutcheon of
peeve
rail against
deplore
flaw
dissatisfy
categorize
US
total
blow
reprehend
anathematize
cavil at
inveigh against
reprobate
fulminate against
excoriate
carp at
undo
bloody
crab
endamage
animadvert
disapprove of
identify
describe
crool
disfeature
come down on
complain
hold forth against
tear to shreds
opprobriate
snipe at
take swipe at
take away
throw stones at
pull to pieces
hit
rail
tear into
cross up
make useless
be a blot on the landscape
devastate
plunder
screw up
depredate
sack
pillage
smash
put a damper on
desolate
spoliate
call
categorise
UK
name
label negatively
accuse of being
more ❯
Verb
▲
To diminish to nothing
peter
check
contract
curb
decay
decline
degenerate
drain
droop
drop
ease
ebb
fade
lower
quiet
rebate
settle
shrink
sink
slash
slump
taper
wane
waste
abate
calm down
crumble
curtail
cut down
depreciate
deteriorate
devaluate
die down
diminish
drop off
dry up
dwindle
evaporate
fall off
lessen
let up
lighten
lose edge
modify
narrow down
peter out
quell
reduce
restrain
run low
shrivel
slacken
slack off
slow down
subside
tail away
tail off
weaken
wear away
wear down
wither
devalue
cheapen
cut
depress
downgrade
mark down
attenuate
break
decrease
discount
deflate
devalorize
fall
write down
worsen
erode
lower in value
lower in price
write off
more ❯
Verb
▲
To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises
cajole
coax
sweet-talk
wheedle
manoeuvre
UK
beguile
blandish
entice
flatter
inveigle
lure
persuade
seduce
soft-soap
tempt
blarney
palaver
woo
banter
bootlick
brownnose
con
crowd
deceive
decoy
delude
dupe
entrap
get round
induce
influence
jolly
maneuver
US
massage
mislead
oil
prevail on
push
snow
soap
stroke
talk into
tantalise
UK
tantalize
US
urge
butter up
apple polish
argue into
build up
get around
sweeten up
work on
work over
get next to
hand a line
make up to
play up to
spread it on
suck up to
lay it on thick
rub the right way
court
adulate
overpraise
honey
praise
humour
UK
puff
belaud
fawn
grovel
humor
US
beslaver
glorify
sell
charm
salve
toady
hero-worship
fawn on
creep to
crawl to
be all over
cater to
fall all over
slaver
smooth-talk
brown-nose
curry favor with
US
curry favour
UK
compliment
suck up
rub up the right way
abase oneself to
be obsequious towards
be sycophantic towards
keep someone sweet
demean oneself to
bow and scrape to
prostrate oneself to
ingratiate oneself with
be servile towards
toady to
grovel to
kowtow to
curry favor
US
curry favour with
UK
get on the right side of
truckle to
dance attendance on
flannel
admire
commend
pay tribute to
pander to
panegyrize
express admiration for
laud
pay court to
wax lyrical about
pay blandishments to
make much of
say nice things about
compliment excessively
lay it on with a trowel
eulogize
US
be sycophantic to
kowtow
be obsequious to
be servile to
fuss
truckle
apple-polish
grovel before
cringe before
praise to excess
stoop
cotton
crawl
fall over oneself for
kneel
creep
debase
abase
eulogise
UK
defer
submit
smarm around
bow
crouch
scrape
cringe
yield
cower
abase oneself before
invite
pander
praise to the skies
smoodge to
sing the praises of
bow and scrape before
lick boots
pay court
be obsequious
be servile
honey up
buddy up
cave in to
lay it on
fall on one's knees
be at beck and call
more ❯
Verb
▲
Get or make better
meliorate
loosen
slacken
relax
release
slack
loose
lessen
relieve
expedite
run interference for
cure
pacify
mollify
allay
anaesthetize
UK
palliate
lighten
moderate
attend to
still
open the door
improve
lift
anesthetize
US
appease
aid
facilitate
make easier
speed
let up
promote
abate
disburden
nurse
clear the way
quiet
tranquillize
UK
free
smooth
speed up
mitigate
tranquilize
US
forward
untighten
cheer
comfort
assuage
doctor
calm
soothe
ameliorate
disengage
relent
let up on
assist
further
simplify
more ❯
Verb
▲
To lie half-hidden or in shelter
nestle
cushion
lie
place
protect
shelter
Verb
▲
To change (something) so as to make it suitable for a particular use or situation
condition
prepare
prime
adapt
process
ready
temper
acclimate
acclimatise
UK
acclimatize
US
adjust
fashion
fit
shape
tailor
treat
accommodate
conform
doctor
edit
put
season
suit
make ready
reconcile
attune
modify
alter
accustom
tailor-make
tune
familiarize
US
habituate
convert
change
customize
US
familiarise
UK
customise
UK
quadrate
mould
UK
assimilate
integrate
make
regulate
harmonize
US
mold
US
square
harmonise
UK
transform
acculturate
revise
set
proportion
remodel
align
tweak
reshape
settle
readjust
compose
get used to
design
harden
form
acculture
pattern
frame
cut
model
coordinate
create
arrange
rework
domesticate
become accustomed
revamp
fix
improve
accord
balance
vary
amend
gear
match
get accustomed
determine
get used
get someone accustomed
tally
become seasoned
get someone used
become naturalized
familiarize oneself with
come to terms with
familiarize someone with
come to accept
trim
learn to live with
organize
US
orient
organise
UK
shape up
make consistent
fit in
get one's bearings
plan
plot
realign
toughen
refashion
redesign
restyle
size
measure
dispose
style
climatize
equip
reconstruct
reorganize
US
qualify
redo
true up
set straight
position
orientate
put in position
put in place
amuse
fill
entertain
refine
metamorphose
bend
make appropriate to
make fitting to
make appropriate for
make fitting for
comply
acquaint
initiate
introduce
define
reorganise
UK
toe the mark
be cut out for
correspond
custom-build
personalise
UK
dovetail
custom-make
personalize
US
key
conciliate
make adjustments to
make alterations to
develop
turn
face
locate
cut to fit
find one's way around
make improvements to
become accustomed to
make to measure
make to order
find one's feet
affect
influence
modulate
counterbalance
compensate
blend
follow
play oneself in
learn about
find your feet
naturalize
US
inure
guide
produce
reconciliate
become inured
become resigned
resign oneself
naturalise
UK
go along to get along
run with the pack
roll with punches
follow the crowd
follow tradition
be guided by
be conventional
follow custom
follow convention
keep in step
follow beaten path
swim with the stream
make agree
devise
construct
build
jack up
grow
chart
choreograph
be in harmony with
grow accustomed to
be in tune with
become used to
be in accord with
become
map out
lay out
sculpt
cast
sculpture
carve
hew
whittle
forge
block
manipulate
roughhew
assemble
pat
crystallise
UK
smooth
fabricate
rectify
calibrate
rearrange
order
rejig
throw together
crystallize
US
mint
block out
knead
bring together
chisel
enhance
reform
repair
correct
normalize
US
standardize
US
allocate
redress
jigger
recast
overhaul
standardise
UK
normalise
UK
grade
sharpen
twiddle
focus
tighten
troubleshoot
mend
straighten
sort
patch up
bring into line
fiddle with
make good
fix up
see to
fine-tune
make conform
put right
set right
put in working order
set to rights
tune up
manufacture
put together
work
set up
erect
craft
contrive
make up
chip
turn out
confect
render
hammer out
put up
invent
cook up
engrave
mutate
transmute
transfigure
piece together
evolve
configure
concoct
complete
tool
structure
engineer
hammer
dream up
direct
piece
knock together
control
lead
fudge together
build up
fit together
decorate
sculp
pare
rough-hew
etch
slash
remake
rebuild
inscribe
formulate
incise
morph
draft
US
transpose
shift
generate
translate
outline
refit
draught
UK
synthesize
US
diverge
recondition
transmogrify
originate
prefabricate
draw up
hatch
execute
synthesise
UK
constitute
transubstantiate
make over
knock off
effect
drum up
rear
raise
work out
come up with
thrash out
run up
throw up
carve out
bring about
cobble up
flatten
ply
shave
sway
steer
peel
jockey
thumb
finger
score
throw
do
ornament
fix in position
chase
embellish
resolve
die-cast
found
excogitate
depict
portray
describe
imagine
derive
envision
dress
connect
join
stamp
merge
progress
ax
US
hold
stroke
strike
prune
axe
UK
hack
give structure to
think up
trump up
conceive of
vamp up
reduce
materialise
UK
commutate
scheme
finish
consummate
project
perfect
trace
slice
grave
implement
yield
spawn
actualize
mass produce
mass-produce
unite
deform
square off
dissect
sunder
divide
dissever
indent
insculpt
scribe
stipple
cleave
prefab
mill
accomplish
machine
cobble
sew
materialize
US
knock out
patch together
beget
bring into existence
whip out
rustle up
eke out
cobble together
churn out
rig up
draw together
pound
work up
weld
pull together
grind out
lump together
sew up
compile
file down
beat
join up
renovate
cut in slices
author
conceive
revolutionize
US
reorient
renew
present
remould
UK
reorder
compound
comprise
diagram
reorientate
reshuffle
rehash
retool
alchemize
advance
begin
upgrade
metamorphosize
reconstitute
update
redevelop
machinate
start up
conjure up
denature
diversify
rejigger
reconfigure
switch
revolutionise
UK
rehabilitate
interchange
permutate
recalibrate
warp
remold
US
regenerate
permute
cook
refurbish
transfer
commute
redraft
bring
rig
brew
translate into
decide
bring on
stir up
turn the tables
turn the corner
change completely
sing different tune
switch over
turn around
make innovations
turn over new leaf
shift gears
turn upside down
do up
tamper with
categorise
UK
imitate
copy
emulate
categorize
US
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
of colors
)
To render pale or less bright
dull
fade
pale
discolour
UK
discolor
US
bleach
lighten
neutralise
UK
neutralize
US
decolorize
lessen
tarnish
whiten
achromatize
blanch
blench
clear
decolor
decolour
decrease
dim
diminish
etiolate
faint
reduce
evanish
make pale
tone down
wash out
go white
grow dim
grow dull
grow pale
lose brightness
lose color
lose luster
become colorless
become lighter
become paler
become washed out
snow
recede
become pale
turn white
muddy
turn pale
become
lose colour
go pale
lose lustre
become white
turn pallid
make white
peroxide
become bleached
make pallid
drain of color
dwindle
white
lose significance
blanco
frost
chalk
whitewash
silver
grizzle
pale into insignificance
decrease in importance
be washed out
drain
wan
wince
recoil
flinch
shrink
grow pallid
grow white
go pallid
start
lose its colour
become pallid
more ❯
Verb
▲
Lessen the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially gradually or insidiously
undermine
weaken
sabotage
subvert
threaten
damage
hurt
impair
compromise
disable
injure
cripple
diminish
reduce
ruin
sap
enfeeble
hinder
impede
mar
spoil
botch
shake
debilitate
disempower
eat away
whittle away
attenuate
blunt
challenge
corrode
demoralise
UK
demoralize
US
dent
destabilise
UK
destabilize
US
dig
emasculate
foil
foul up
frustrate
mine
sandbag
thwart
torpedo
tunnel
wear
wreck
dig out
drag through the mud
hollow out
chip away at
clip one's wings
queer the pitch of
poke full of holes
knock the bottom out of
put the kibosh on
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works of
lessen
harm
vitiate
destroy
blemish
debase
tarnish
erode
lower
blight
break
corrupt
decrease
degrade
taint
deface
disfigure
sully
disrupt
defile
enervate
flaw
endamage
cheapen
crab
prejudice
deplete
excavate
deteriorate
crush
demean
smirch
poison
bloody
pervert
disgrace
besmirch
ravage
devalue
burrow
belittle
drain
consume
cross up
stain
discredit
detract
warp
exhaust
wear away
demolish
water down
devitalize
impoverish
dilute
smash
shame
invalidate
shatter
infect
blacken
devaluate
shrink
waste
befoul
blot
dishonour
UK
decry
cut
dishonor
US
jeopardize
US
derogate
undercut
deprave
take the edge off
scoop out
undo
abase
debauch
thin
prostitute
trash
devastate
wound
temper
annihilate
pollute
dismantle
jeopardise
UK
total
adulterate
foul
mess up
defame
soil
be detrimental to
bore
delve
channel
dirty
drill
abate
denigrate
cause detriment to
knock
unsettle
blotch
disparage
gouge out
influence
attack
shoot down
use up
check
limit
curb
minimize
US
bleed
worsen
humble
humiliate
quarry
moderate
mitigate
take away from
tire
etiolate
contract
wither
rough up
bastardize
US
profane
canker
depreciate
shock
slander
interfere with
incapacitate
envenom
queer
minimise
UK
depress
turn
discolour
UK
discolor
US
desecrate
grub
traduce
contaminate
scorch
batter
constrict
calm
smear
stigmatize
US
malign
vilify
gut
vandalize
US
have a bad effect on
chasten
sink
smash up
louse up
muck up
mangle
bastardise
UK
touch
raze
rubbish
censure
slur
assuage
do harm to
wreak havoc on
cut out
shovel
reproach
calumniate
be prejudicial to
be disadvantageous to
soothe
ease
draw
vandalise
UK
bemean
scandalize
US
asperse
assail
besmear
libel
pare down
cut back
cut down
burn
pan
be deleterious to
take down
desensitize
US
scoop
muckrake
spot
embarrass
play havoc with
desensitise
UK
run down
bring shame upon
dump on
slag off
stigmatise
UK
deride
rip up and down
put down
sap the strength of
take down a peg
do a number on
tar and feather
give a black eye
drag through the mire
rip
disrespect
speak ill of
cast a slur on
bring discredit to
scandalise
UK
reflect badly on
sling mud at
bring into disrepute
do a hatchet job on
breathe on
give a bad name
drive a nail into the coffin of
spread scandal about
cast down
lower the status of
gnaw
bring shame to
bad-mouth
fling mud at
bring shame on
run smear campaign
lead astray
whittle
prostrate
crool
manipulate
wear down
pull the rug out from under
puncture
scotch
endanger
scupper
atrophy
set a bad example
imperil
rob
upset
cost
dislocate
dim
slowly diminish
gradually overcome
slowly reduce
slowly lessen
emaciate
shrivel
have a negative effect on
bodge
blow
distort
speckle
chip away
bias
dilapidate
cause the loss of
cause the sacrifice of
result in harm to
mutilate
put at risk
penetrate
dig your way
wear out
result in damage to
lead to the end of
darken
nick
mortify
colour
UK
curtail
knock off balance
wrench
despoil
afflict
numb
dull
disturb
prune
brutalize
US
dehumanize
US
disfeature
embitter
sour
deflate
rarefy
extenuate
lighten
dissipate
offset
handle roughly
deaden
dampen
crack
bleach
make ill
scratch
play merry hell with
abuse
exterminate
slaughter
lacerate
maltreat
do damage to
maim
split
cause injury
rot
disintegrate
fade
tear
bang up
stab
assassinate
scathe
kill
wrong
rust
fester
tamper with
strike at the foundations
dehumanise
UK
disbar
slam
depose
bump
mudsling
declass
bench
brutalise
UK
blast
inconvenience
narrow
restrict
downsize
downscale
extend
lace
sophisticate
jaundice
tear down
rule out
cut down to size
do mischief to
infringe
encroach on
take out
screw up
detract from
shake up
deform
retrench
expend
cool
make feebler
empty
spend
hollow
gouge
allay
muffle
evacuate
wear something down
make feeble
knock down
de-escalate
make weaker
throw a monkey wrench into
put out of action
put out of commission
mollify
benumb
sate
appease
relieve
slake
damp
alleviate
cauterize
US
thin out
pull down
milk
tone down
reduce the power of
deprive of force
color
US
soften up
cut away
hebetate
cauterise
UK
reduce the powers of
pull the teeth of
obtund
put a damper on
remove the sting from
extract
place a limit on
absorb
devour
reduce the status of
drag down
unearth
suck dry
bankrupt
slash
discount
unfit
ding
disqualify
tweak
dry up
finish
wash up
draw down
eat up
squander
slim down
dig into
play out
soft-pedal
lose strength
make useless
plough
UK
hoe
concave
plow
US
root
produce
sift
dig down
pit
rout
exhume
uncover
dredge
deepen
fork out
enter
bulldoze
discover
break up earth
cat
clean
rake
pooh-pooh
deprecate
trivialize
US
misprize
remove
dig up
hew
strip-mine
minify
play down
work
backbite
trivialise
UK
subtract from
withdraw
underrate
gloss over
laugh at
write off
hold cheap
blister
cut rate
disesteem
dig for
make light of
vilipend
undervalue
brush aside
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be, or cause to be, wet or waterlogged
soak
wet
bathe
douse
immerse
souse
steep
submerge
drench
dunk
dip
marinate
submerse
waterlog
bedraggle
damp
dowse
drown
moisten
rinse
saturate
sink
sodden
sop
suffuse
wash
water
water-soak
drouk
infuse
pickle
ret
assimilate
flood
imbibe
imbrue
immerge
infiltrate
merge
seethe
wet down
wet through
pour into
pour on
splash
shower
dampen
spray
sprinkle
lave
plunge
bath
irrigate
duck
slosh
clean
macerate
hose
slop
douche
soap
humidify
imbue
marinade
inundate
deluge
moisturize
US
spatter
impregnate
hose down
take a bath
splatter
moisturise
UK
bedew
cleanse
sluice
sponge
squirt
have a bath
brine
baptise
UK
baptize
US
scrub
tub
lap
lip
cover
dash
plash
fertigate
make wet
flush
lower
immerse yourself
mash
wash out
pitch
get wet
wash down
preserve
overwhelm
permeate
hydrate
dew
sparge
humect
lick
humify
bespatter
scour
swash
scrub down
water down
strew
dabble
swab
clean up
wash up
freshen up
sponge down
take a shower
brush up
fresh up
brew
season
besprinkle
bewater
stew
pervade
stand
fill
remoisturize
asperse
seep
pulp
reach into
launder
quench
squash
snuff
squench
wipe
put in
transfuse
sate
penetrate
percolate
satiate
surfeit
bring water to
make fertile
drool
smear
mark
stain
swamp
engulf
starch
shampoo
dip in
shine
liquefy
bubble
float
plunge into water
splodge
blotch
speckle
moistify
mist
sog
steam
throw
wade
wallow
paddle
spritz
puree
emaciate
deliquesce
separate
splat
daub
disinfect
swill
rehydrate
imbathe
rain on
gulf
overflow
break up
flush away
wash off
rinse out
purify
out
flush out
wash lightly
suffocate
die
whelm
asphyxiate
overwater
prostrate
get water on
throw liquid
knock over
go down
conserve
can
cure
bottle
pot
tin
keep
clean yourself
clean oneself
salt
store
have a wash
have a shower
scrub yourself down
wash oneself
more ❯
Verb
▲
To punish or reprimand (someone) for a fault or crime
chasten
castigate
chastise
correct
discipline
penalise
UK
penalize
US
punish
admonish
afflict
berate
censure
chide
exprobate
objurgate
rebuke
reprehend
repress
reprimand
reproach
reprove
scold
scourge
subjugate
suppress
tongue-lash
try
upbraid
call down
fulminate against
take to task
have on the carpet
rake over the coals
carpet
remonstrate with
lecture
criticize
US
lambaste
give someone a dressing-down
tell off
tick off
bawl out
criticise
UK
chew out
dress down
haul over the coals
give a talking-to
give someone a roasting
read the riot act
give someone a rocket
rate
keelhaul
monster
bollock
pull up
trim
ream out
lay into
give someone an earful
give someone a telling-off
give someone hell
rap over the knuckles
give someone a rollicking
blast
let someone have it
give someone a caning
give someone what for
give someone a mouthful
have a go at
give someone a wigging
give someone a row
tear off a strip
give someone a bollocking
give someone a rating
rap
rag
lambast
baste
wig
row
come down on
take someone to task
rant at
slap down
pitch into
lace into
rail against
rail at
blame
nag
hammer
score
jaw
flay
ream
tear into
put on the mat
give someone some stick
blow up
put down
pummel
US
pummelled
UK
send someone away with a flea in their ear
find fault with
bring someone to book
chew someone out
lay down the law
jump on
slate
excoriate
blow up at
rail
caution
bring to book
visit
lean on
give a rocket
throw the book at
light into
yell at
come down on like a ton of bricks
slap someone on the wrist
rap someone over the knuckles
call to account
arraign
condemn
attack
exprobrate
recompense
take disciplinary action against
skelp
ferule
spank
abuse
denounce
warn
revile
vilify
reprobate
disparage
threap
counsel
adjure
advise
climb all over
put on the carpet
cavil
recriminate
vituperate
taunt
asperse
speak
objurate
expostulate
talk to
mete out punishment to
tear down
criticize strongly
be hard on
make an example of
pick on
rag on
teach someone a lesson
preach
tear a strip off
tick someone off
draw the line
slap on wrist
strongly criticize
give a going over
tell a thing or two
call on the carpet
give someone stick
come down hard on
rap on knuckles
give a piece of one's mind
take to the woodshed
go on at
have someone on the carpet
keep after
lash
flame
diss
rap someone the knuckles
flog
scarify
scorch
whip
beat
drub
cane
blister
thrash
criticize severely
lay out
slap on the wrist
jump down one's throat
drag over the coals
pan
knock
rake
bag
jawbone
accuse
denunciate
check
skin
harangue
rip
moralize
US
moralise
UK
monish
zap
oppose
fry
chew
slang
rank on
give going-over
discredit
defame
give piece of mind
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
lesson
disgrace
cuss out
give someone a carpeting
eat out
criticize hatefully
shout at
give one hell
jump all over
sound off
tear apart
carp on
go after
lay on
give comeuppance
express disapproval of
call to task
point the finger at
give the devil
slam
pillory
malign
deprecate
denigrate
besmirch
savage
disapprove of
slur
carp at
bad-mouth
cavil at
inveigh against
run down
maul
roast
trash
rubbish
pour scorn on
crucify
cast aspersions on
skewer
nitpick about
slash
throw brickbats at
potshot
bash
scathe
assail
belabor
US
pull apart
sledge
slag off
cut up
pull to pieces
hit out at
give flak to
derogate
pick holes in
bag on
belabour
UK
animadvert on
give a bad press to
vituperate against
give some stick to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To completely destroy or devastate
cream
annihilate
decimate
demolish
desolate
destroy
devastate
extinguish
nuke
pulverise
UK
pulverize
US
raze
ruin
shatter
smash
total
vaporise
UK
vaporize
US
waste
wrack
wreck
blend
combine
do in
emulsify
mash
pull down
rub out
tear down
crush
trash
ravage
level
obliterate
wipe out
flatten
defeat
break
slaughter
overwhelm
exterminate
undo
desecrate
break up
lay waste
spoil
dismantle
remove
crash
torpedo
despoil
overthrow
unbuild
wreak havoc on
raze to the ground
eradicate
erase
massacre
dilapidate
extirpate
stamp out
expunge
knock down
spoliate
efface
leave in ruins
bulldoze
trounce
blight
sack
dash
pillage
damage
abolish
scotch
scupper
murder
liquidate
blast
devour
scourge
sink
depredate
impair
leave desolate
blow out
take out
take apart
wipe off the map
write off
rout
hammer
eliminate
lick
snuff out
clobber
kill
drub
thrash
stuff
tank
sweep away
blot out
do away with
paste
pound
whip
sabotage
plunder
crucify
mar
upset
destruct
mangle
gut
defeat utterly
topple
finish off
zap
nix
beat hollow
beat
overturn
skunk
own
bust
dynamite
reduce
break down
disrupt
ravish
wax
banjax
cancel
bring down
make mincemeat of
turn inside out
take to the cleaners
blow a hole in
bring to naught
wipe the floor with
put paid to
wipe off the face of the earth
do for
wrack up
put the kibosh on
delete
root out
blow away
clean up
black out
vanquish
crack
terminate
explode
ransack
butcher
disassemble
fell
prang
fracture
fragment
ruinate
blow
marmalize
conquer
vitiate
shellac
injure
deface
quell
overpower
disintegrate
rape
botch
dish
blow up
batter
undermine
bomb
cruel
muller
maraud
abate
quash
raid
mutilate
maim
smash up
give someone a drubbing
lay waste to
blow to pieces
blow to bits
throw down
damage beyond repair
put out of commission
wipe from the face of the earth
make a mess of
reduce to rubble
foul up
wipe off map
screw up
bring to ruin
give someone a pasting
crack up
mess up
tear up
lay in ruins
win a resounding victory over
run rings around
put the lid on
dash to pieces
louse up
blow out of the water
wipe
dispose of
lower
master
depopulate
end
finish
bankrupt
cool
subdue
rip down
queer
dispatch
dust
subjugate
tumble
obscure
let down
take down
make desolate
empty
outplay
avenge
torment
bring about the downfall of
suppress
nullify
beat together
mix
shake up
stir together
put out of action
execute
smite
take
loot
pip at the post
negate
abrogate
benothing
annul
invalidate
overcome
balls up
make a hash of
blow sky-high
play havoc with
muck up
lay low
run rings round
incinerate
strike
burn
bring to an end
check
put a stop to
put an end to
squash
commit genocide
kill off
cut a swath through
cut down
harry
vandalize
US
put down
take away
shipwreck
havoc
burn away
vandalise
UK
cripple
prey
wrest
trample
disorganize
foray
pirate
seize
consume
prostrate
strip
capture
wreak havoc
overrun
rob
forage
burst
run onto the rocks
pile up
wolf
reduce to ruins
implode
do one in
shiver
splinter
disfigure
poison
euchre
defile
bodge
tear to pieces
put in toilet
gobble up
deplete
split
reduce to nothing
bring to nothing
wreak havoc upon
clean out
smatter
splinterize
fragmentalize
exhaust
crunch
fragmentize
rive
rend
scrunch
disable
smash to smithereens
snap
break into pieces
crush to smithereens
blow apart
excise
capsize
spill
scatter
subvert
unmake
knock to pieces
blow down
cast down
strike out
mow down
scratch out
harm
hurt
weaken
blemish
flaw
compromise
endamage
crab
incapacitate
scratch
wound
bloody
bruise
cut
cross up
tarnish
lacerate
tear
scar
prejudice
deform
shoot down
sully
maul
mangulate
distort
separate
contort
debilitate
enfeeble
blunt
enervate
off
unfit
sap
knock out
wash out
hack
slash
dismember
taint
hamstring
gash
debase
paralyse
UK
disfeature
sever
immobilize
US
paralyze
US
carve
slice
tear apart
crool
blot
smirch
stop
graze
corrupt
ax
US
puncture
divide
stab
scrub
scathe
ding
disqualify
nick
inactivate
corrode
axe
UK
make useless
play merry hell with
throw monkey wrench in
rough up
unstrengthen
make hash of
kibosh
unbrace
immobilise
UK
get rid of
bust up
bang up
muzzle
attenuate
do mischief to
pinion
scrape
pull to pieces
render incapable
hogtie
hock
handicap
part
uglify
purge
tag
rupture
chasten
chastise
misshape
weed out
perforate
lame
indispose
break off
cut out
besmirch
fall to pieces
fall to bits
torpefy
shock
wrench
make powerless
restrict
make unfit
spike
render powerless
handle roughly
dump on
cause detriment to
knacker
worsen
lessen
hinder
decrease
diminish
pique
aggrieve
foul
grieve
torture
draw blood
cut up
pain
distress
hack up
sting
stain
deteriorate
disgrace
cover
sunder
rift
pierce
ink out
cross out
blank out
X-out
wipe off face of earth
blue pencil
KO
mark out
score out
knock off
block out
remove all traces of
destroy root and branch
rub off
abuse
maltreat
infect
rot
dent
scorch
dirty
discolour
UK
gnaw
wrong
rust
discolor
US
bleach
pollute
contaminate
fade
impede
threaten
do damage to
wear away
cause injury
drive a nail into the coffin of
tamper with
be a blot on the landscape
put a damper on
wing
rip
hit
devaluate
devalue
cheapen
tweak
irritate
plug
cut to ribbons
open up
ouch
contuse
stick
clip
lose strength
chop
crumple
halt
slay
cut about
hash
slit
twist
flay
pummel
US
put out
slap
cause pain to
spank
work over
punish
pummelled
UK
belt
flog
pommel
slug
whack
lash
pinch
punch
flail
cause injury to
jam
chop up
deactivate
freeze
disenable
clamp
wheel-clamp
tie
prevent from moving
bring to a standstill
render inoperative
make inoperative
prevent from working
action
render inactive
bring to a halt
arrest
disarm
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