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  • 81pollute — Synonyms and related words: abuse, adulterate, afflict, aggrieve, alloy, bastardize, befoul, benasty, bewitch, blight, booze up, boozify, canker, cheapen, coarsen, condemn, confound, contaminate, convert, corrupt, crock, crucify, curse, cut,… …

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  • 82profane — Synonyms and related words: Fescennine, Philistine, Rabelaisian, abuse, abusive, apostate, atheistic, backsliding, bad, bawdy, befoul, blasphemous, blue, calumniatory, calumnious, carnal, carnal minded, coarse, comminatory, commit sacrilege,… …

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  • 83prostitute — Synonyms and related words: B girl, Cyprian, Paphian, abuse, adulterate, alloy, bawd, befoul, bimbo, brass, call girl, canker, catamite, cheapen, chippy, coarsen, cocotte, confound, contaminate, convert, corrupt, courtesan, cruiser, daughter of… …

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  • 84violate — Synonyms and related words: abuse, adulterate, afflict, aggrieve, alloy, assault, assault sexually, attack, barbarize, batter, befoul, betray, bewitch, blight, breach, breach the law, break, break the law, brutalize, burn, butcher, canker, care… …

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  • 85abuse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. misuse, misapply; mistreat, injure, damage; malign, scold, berate, vilify, curse; flay. n. injury, desecration; insult. See disapprobation, badness, deception, impurity, wrong.Ant., praise,… …

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  • 86constitution — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. nature, makeup, temperament, physique, disposition; structure, construction; state, condition; bylaws, code, charter; designation, settlement; creation, foundation. See composition, legality,… …

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  • 87mishandle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. maltreat; mismanage, misguide. See error, wrong. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. mistreat, harm, misemploy; see abuse 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. botch, *screw up, *flub, mismanage, mess up,… …

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  • 88waste — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Gradual loss or decay Nouns 1. waste, wastage; dissipation; dispersion; ebb; leakage, loss; wear and tear; extravagance, wastefulness, prodigality, conspicuous consumption; waste of time; jeunesse dorée; …

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  • 89Misuse — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Misuse >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 misuse misuse misusage misemployment misapplication misappropriation GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 abuse abuse profanation prostitution desecration Sgm: N 2 waste …

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  • 90waste — weɪst n. squandering, misuse, disuse; destruction, ruin, loss; desolation, wasteland; desert; refuse, rubbish, garbage; sewage v. squander, misspend, misemploy; throw away; destroy, spoil; weaken, impoverish; consume; dwindle away; wither;… …

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