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
Mangle and impair are semantically related In some cases you can use "Mangle" instead a verb "Impair".
Nearby Words: impairment, impairing
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| part | impair part | mangle part |
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Mangle and Impair. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/impair/mangle
Impair & Mangle. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/impair/mangle>.
Mangle or Impair. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/impair/mangle.
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