Impair and Improve

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Impair

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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Improve is an antonym for impair in topics: worsen, harm.
Nearby Words: impairment, impairing

Improve

Improve verb - To make better.
Usage example: a little salt would improve this bland food
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Impair is an antonym for improve in enhance topic.
Nearby Words: improvement, improving, improvable, improver
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Common collocations

ability impair ability improve ability
quality impair quality improve quality
character impair character improve character
strength impair strength improve strength
Other words: performance, status, vision, aim, health, bit, efficiency, magic, memory, skills, abilities.
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