Break and Impair

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Break verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.

Usage example: I broke a tooth on the hard candy

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Impair is a synonym for break in weaken topic. In some cases you can use "Impair" instead a verb "Break".

Nearby Words: breach, breakdown, breaking, breakup, breakable

Impair verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.

Usage example: already impaired by a crack, the windshield shattered upon impact with the baseball

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Break is a synonym for impair in action topic. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a verb "Impair", if it concerns topics such as weaken.

Nearby Words: impairment, impairing

character	break character	impair character
concentration	break concentration	impair concentration

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