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Meaning:
clarify

(to cause of a statement etc) to become clear or intelligible

explain, make clear

classify

to arrange (items) in categories or groups

categorize

cried

of cry

weep and make sad sounds

crumple

(to cause something) to become full of folds or creases

make or become wrinkled

decipher

to find the meaning of (something written in code, bad handwriting etc)

figure out, understand

decompose

(to cause a dead body etc) to become bad

rot, break up

destroy

to break (something) to pieces; make (something) useless; put an end to (hopes, a career etc)

demolish, devastate

disintegrate

(to cause something) to break up into small pieces

fall apart; reduce to pieces

dismantle

to take (a machine etc) to pieces

take apart

disorganize

to cause (an organized system) to be in disorder

disrupt arrangement; make shambles of

divide

to separate or be separated

separate, disconnect

explain

to give the meaning of (something)

make clear; give a reason for

fail

for certain, no matter what difficulties etc there may be

be unsuccessful

indoctrinate

to fill the mind of (a person) (with ideas or beliefs)

brainwash

misfire

(of a gun) to fail to send a bullet

fail

perish

to be destroyed, die; (to cause food, a material etc) to lose natural qualities

die, decline, decay

putrefy

(to cause meat etc) to decay (the usual word)

rot

raze

to destroy (towns, buildings) completely, especially by making them level with the ground

flatten, knock down; wipe out

simplify

to make (something) easy to do or understand

make easy, intelligible

sob

to draw in the breath sharply and irregularly while crying

cry hard

succumb

to give in (to a ruler, death, temptation, flattery etc)

die or surrender

unbuilt

not (yet) built

flatten, knock down; wipe out

weep

to cry

cry

wept

of weep

cry

wilt

(to cause plants, flowers) to droop, lose freshness; (to cause a person) to lose energy

sag, fail

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