(make useless)

  • 21frus´trat|er — frus|trate «FRUHS trayt», verb, trat|ed, trat|ing, adjective. –v.t. 1. to bring to nothing; make useless or worthless; foil; defeat: »Heavy rain frustrated our plans for a picnic. 2. to thwart; …

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  • 22frus|trate — «FRUHS trayt», verb, trat|ed, trat|ing, adjective. –v.t. 1. to bring to nothing; make useless or worthless; foil; defeat: »Heavy rain frustrated our plans for a picnic. 2. to thwart; …

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  • 23nullify — nul·li·fy / nə lə ˌfī/ vt fied, fy·ing: to make null nullify a contract Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. nullify …

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  • 24disable — dis·able vt dis·abled, dis·abl·ing 1: to deprive of legal right, qualification, or capacity 2: to make incapable or ineffective; specif: to cause to have a disability dis·able·ment n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 25wash out — verb Date: 1540 transitive verb 1. to wash free of an extraneous substance (as dirt) 2. a. to cause to fade by or as if by laundering b. to deplete the strength or vitality of c. to eliminate as useless or unsatisfactory ; reject 3. a. to destr …

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  • 26wear out — verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. tire, exhaust 2. to make useless especially by long or hard usage 3. erase, efface 4. to endure through ; outlast < wear out a storm > 5. to consume (as time) …

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  • 27List of Asterix volumes — This is a list of all Asterix volumes, including the 33 official albums and various tie ins. Goscinny and Uderzo1961 ndash; Asterix the Gaul ( Astérix le Gaulois ), The first album where the main characters are introduced. The style of Uderzo s&#8230; …

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  • 28spoil — [v1] ruin, hurt blemish, damage, debase, deface, defile, demolish, depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, destroy, devastate, disfigure, disgrace, harm, impair, injure, make useless, mar, mess up*, muck up*, pillage, plunder, prejudice, ravage …

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  • 29spoil — [spoil] vt. spoiled or Brit. spoilt, spoiling [ME spoilen &LT; MFr espoillier &LT; L spoliare, to plunder &LT; spolium, arms taken from a defeated foe, plunder, orig., hide stripped from an animal &LT; IE base * (s)p(h)el , to split, tear off&#8230; …

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  • 30disarm — I (divest of arms) verb arma homini adimere, attenuate, cripple, deactivate, debilitate, decimate, deescalate, demilitarize, demobilize, deprive of arms, deprive of means of defense, deprive of power, deprive of strength, deprive of weapons,&#8230; …

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