Hurt
Hurt verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.
Usage example: don't worry that you'll hurt the new lawn by walking across it
Perfect
Perfect verb - To make better.
Usage example: an art teacher who seems to believe that you can always perfect a painting with some additional brush strokes
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- She had perfect control over them as a child, and only develops her deadly Power Incontinence from fear that they would hurt her sister and others.
Source: Born Winner -
Matt: Now you see how perfect we are, because you hurt my feelings all the time, but I still stick around.
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Spartan is however aware that his violent ways have hurt innocents and if the world was perfect, he wouldn't exist.
Source: Broken Ace
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