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Synonyms
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Meaning:
belittle

to cause (a person, achievement etc) to seem unimportant or of small value

detract

debase

to make (a person, currency etc) lower in value, poorer in quality etc

degrade, shame

degrade

to cause (a person) to be less moral or less deserving of respect

shame, humiliate

disable

to make (a person) unable to do something, especially take away the power of using the limbs, or of seeing or hearing

render inoperative; cripple

eradicate

to destroy or put an end to (something bad)

destroy; remove

fell

of fall

chop down

humiliate

to cause (a person) to feel ashamed; lower the dignity or self-respect of (a person)

embarrass, put down

immobilize

to make (a person, thing) immobile

disable

obliterate

to remove all signs of (something); destroy (something)

destroy

refute

to prove (a person, statement, opinion etc) to be wrong or mistaken

prove false; discredit

reject

to put aside, send back, throw away, (something) as not good enough; to refuse to accept (a person, thing)

say no to

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