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  • 51disable — 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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  • 52discommode — I verb afflict, affront, aggravate, agitate, annoy, arouse, astound, badger, beset, bother, chafe, contravene, counteract, disaccommodate, disadvantage, disconcert, dishearten, disoblige, displease, disquiet, distress, disturb, exasperate, grieve …

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  • 53discourage — I verb advise against, affright, animum frangere, argue against, avert, cast down, cause discontent, cause dislike, cause doubt, caution, contraindicate, convince to the contrary, dampen, daunt, deflect, dehort, deject, demoralize, deprecate,… …

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  • 54dismay — I noun affright, agitation, alarm, anxiety, apprehension, chagrin, consternation, discomfort, discomposure, discouragement, disheartenment, disquiet, doubt, dread, fret, inquietude, intimidation, misgiving, mistrust, perturbation, pique, qualm,… …

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  • 55frighten — I verb affright, alarm, browbeat, bully, bullyrag, cow, daunt, deter, disquiet, exterrere, fright, give cause for alarm, horrify, intimidate, menace, panic, petrify, raise apprehension, scare, shock, shock with sudden fear, startle, strike with… …

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  • 56intimidate — in·tim·i·date /in ti mə ˌdāt/ vt dat·ed, dat·ing 1: to make timid or fearful; esp: to compel or deter by or as if by threats see also coercion 2: to engage in the crime of intimidating (as a witness, juror, public officer in the performance of… …

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  • 57perturb — I verb abash, agitate, alarm, annoy, arouse, badger, baffle, bewilder, bother, bring into disorder, cause a fuss, cause agitation, cause alarm, cause confusion, cause disorder, cause upset, churn, complicate, confound, confuse, derange,… …

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  • 58upset — I verb agitate, beat, bother, capsize, confuse, conquer, crush defeat, demolish, derange, destroy, disarrange, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disorganize, displace, disquiet, distress, disturb, embarrass, enrage, evertere, fluster, invert,… …

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  • 59attenuate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. weaken; thin out, rarefy. See decrease, narrowness, weakness.Ant., strengthen. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. thin, dilute, weaken, rarefy, dilute, lessen, decrease, water down, diminish. ANT.:… …

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  • 60cow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bovine, calf, heifer; (pl.) kine, cattle. See animal. v. t. intimidate, frighten. See fear. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. heifer, milk cow, dairy cow, bovine, critter*, bossy*; see also bull 1 , calf .… …

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