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Impairs
To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
📖 Definitions of "Impairs"
verb
- 1
To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
- 2
To grow worse; to deteriorate.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Impairs"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| vitiateverb | (transitive) To spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something. |
| marverb | (transitive) To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage. |
| spoilverb | (transitive) To ruin; to damage in such a way as to make undesirable or unusable. |
| deflowerverb | (transitive) To take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl. |
| affectsverb | (transitive) To influence or alter. |
| altersverb | (ambitransitive) To change the form or structure of. |
| compromisesverb | To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound. |
| constrainsverb | (transitive) To keep within close bounds; to confine. |
| counterfeitsverb | (transitive) To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of. |
| damagesnoun | (law) The money paid or awarded to a claimant (in England), a pursuer (in Scotland) or a plaintiff (in the US) in a civil action as compensation for a loss suffered by the same. |
| decreasesverb | (intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller. |
| degradesverb | (transitive) To lower in value or social position. |
| deterioratesverb | (intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate. |
| detractsverb | (transitive) To take credit or reputation from; to derogate; to defame or decry. |
| dilutesverb | (transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water. |
| diminishesverb | (transitive) To make smaller. |
| distortsverb | (transitive) To give a false or misleading account of; pervert. |
| endangersverb | (transitive) To put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to. |
| erodesverb | To wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction. |
| hampersverb | To impede in motion or progress. |
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