(make useless)
51split hairs — Refine, be over nice, affect nicety, make useless distinctions …
52dead horse — I. /dɛd ˈhɔs/ (say ded haws) noun Colloquial tomato sauce. {rhyming slang} II. /dɛd ˈhɔs/ (say ded haws) Colloquial –noun 1. a debt. –phrase 2. flog a dead horse, to make useless efforts, as in attempting to raise interest in an issue …
53flog — I. /flɒg / (say flog) verb (t) (flogged, flogging) 1. to beat hard with a whip, stick, etc.; whip. 2. Colloquial to sell or attempt to sell: *he d taken on an agency to flog off land at Scarborough –t.a.g. hungerford, 1983. 3. Colloquial to steal …
54ἠχρηστωκότων — ἀχρηστόω make useless perf part act masc/neut gen pl (attic epic doric ionic aeolic) …
55ἠχρήστωσαν — ἀχρηστόω make useless aor ind act 3rd pl (attic epic ionic) …
56impair — [v] harm, hinder blemish, blunt, cheapen, damage, debase, debilitate, decrease, destroy, deteriorate, devaluate, devalue, diminish, ding*, disqualify, enervate, enfeeble, hurt, injure, invalidate, lessen, lose strength, make useless, mar,… …
57vitiate — v.t. impair; spoil; debase; make useless or impure. ♦ vitiation, ♦ vitiator, n …
58destroy — To tear down; to cause to perish; to break into pieces; to burn up; to make useless for service, beyond hope of recovery of value, as by wrecking a ship through casting her upon rocks or shoals. United States v Johns (US) 4 Dall 412, 417, 1 L Ed… …
59confute — [kən fyo͞ot′] vt. confuted, confuting [L confutare < com , intens. + * futare < IE base * bhau t, * bhu t, to strike, BEAT] 1. to prove (a person, statement, etc.) to be in error or false; overcome by argument or proof 2. Obs. to make… …
60destroy — [di stroi′] vt. [ME destroien < OFr destruire < L destruere < de , down + struere, to build: see STRUCTURE] 1. to tear down; demolish 2. to break up or spoil completely; ruin 3. to bring to total defeat; crush 4. to put an end to; do… …
