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  • 121blemish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. flaw, defect, imperfection; spot, taint, mark; smear, smudge. v. disfigure, mar; bruise, rot; stain, spot; injure, hurt; sully, disgrace, tarnish. See uncleanness, ugliness, deterioration, disrepute.… …

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  • 122brand — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. kind, sort, stamp; stigma, stain; mark, identification, trademark; ember; branding iron; torch. See disrepute, heat, indication, fuel. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A trademark] Syn. brand name, make, seal,… …

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  • 123damage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. harm, injure, mar, impair. n. deterioration, harm, injury; (pl.), amends, recompense (see compensation). See weakness, wrong. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Injury] Syn. harm, hurt, impairment, wound,… …

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  • 124defect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. blemish, fault, flaw, imperfection; deficiency, lack, incompleteness. v. i. desert, flee, abandon. See relinquishment, escape. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A lack of something needed] Syn. deficiency,… …

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  • 125disfigure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. deface, mar, mutilate, blemish. See deterioration, distortion, formlessness, ugliness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. deface, mar, mutilate, deform; see damage 1 , distort 3 , hurt 1 . III …

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  • 126line — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. interline, face; delineate. n. mark; cord, string; crease, wrinkle; verse, note; route, system; vocation, calling; lineage; row, file. See indication, filament, poetry, business, ancestry,… …

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  • 127mar — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. disfigure, deface, blemish, scratch, impair. See deterioration, imperfection. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To damage slightly] Syn. harm, bruise, scratch; see break 2 , damage 1 . 2. [To impair] Syn.… …

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  • 128peck — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. nip, bite, pick, snip; tap, rap. See impulse, food. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A slight, sharp blow] Syn. pinch, tap, rap; see blow 1 . 2. [The impression made by a peck, sense 1] Syn. depression,… …

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