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Mar

/mɑː(ɹ)/

A blemish.

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noun
  1. 1

    A blemish.

verb
  1. 1

    To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.

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6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

WordDefinition
vitiateverb(transitive) To spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something.
impairverb(transitive) To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
mutilateverbTo physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
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.
marchnounA formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, by bands, and in ceremonies.

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WordDefinition
mutilateverbTo physically harm as to impair use, notably by cutting off or otherwise disabling a vital part, such as a limb.
impairverb(transitive) To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
vitiateverb(transitive) To spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something.
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.
marchnounA formal, rhythmic way of walking, used especially by soldiers, by bands, and in ceremonies.
manglenoun(transitive) To change, mutilate, or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging, etc.
damagenounInjury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
sullynoun(transitive) To soil or stain; to dirty.
defaceverbTo damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner.
blemishnounA small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.
disfigureverbto irreversibly damage the shape or structure of something, negatively affecting its appearance or functionality without completely destroying it.
spoilsnounThat which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage, booty.
tarnishverb(transitive) To compromise, damage, soil, or sully.
novnoun(slang, rare, rowing) A novice.
practicedskillful, proficient, knowledgeable or expert as a result of practice
exercisedExperienced, practiced, trained.
marenounAn adult female horse.
marinenounBelonging to or characteristic of the sea; existing or found in the sea; formed or produced by the sea.
seanounThe ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.

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