Destroy and Tarnish

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Destroy verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.

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Tarnish and destroy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tarnish" instead a verb "Destroy".

Nearby Words: destroyed, destroyer, destroying

Tarnish verb - To affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable.

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Destroy and tarnish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Destroy" instead a verb "Tarnish".

Nearby Words: tarnished, tarnishing

reputation	destroy reputation	tarnish reputation
career	destroy career	tarnish career

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