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1. Definition: 1. play in ragtime; "rag that old tune"

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1. Definition: 1. exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage; "his manipulation of his friends was scandalous"

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1. Definition: 1. destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined

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1. Definition: 1. amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5"

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1. Definition: 1. the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state; "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil"

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1. Definition: 1. the act of damaging something or someone

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1. Definition: 1. an extravagantly enthusiastic review; "he gave it a rave"

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1. Definition: 1. the state of being contaminated

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1. Definition: 1. make a deposition; declare under oath

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1. Definition: 1. cause injuries or bodily harm to

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1. Definition: 1. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

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1. Definition: 1. (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse; "she was a diamond in the rough"; "rough manners"

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1. Definition: 1. cover with liquid before cooking; "baste a roast"

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1. Definition: 1. censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"

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1. Definition: 1. any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right

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1. Definition: 1. a speech of violent denunciation

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1. Definition: 1. a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)

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1. Definition: 1. spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"

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1. Definition: 1. change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"

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1. Definition: 1. hold spellbound

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1. Definition: 1. impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"

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1. Definition: 1. act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of

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1. Definition: 1. the act of damaging something or someone

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1. Definition: 1. criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

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1. Definition: 1. treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone"

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1. Definition: 1. lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct; "She was seduced by the temptation of easy money and started to work in a massage parlor"

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1. Definition: 1. spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"

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1. Definition: 1. impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"

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1. Definition: 1. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

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1. Definition: 1. a light touch with the hands

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1. Definition: 1. the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"

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1. Definition: 1. destroy; "Don't violate my garden"; "violate my privacy"

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1. Definition: 1. subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"

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1. Definition: 1. disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people

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1. Definition: 1. characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words"

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1. Definition: 1. a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"

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1. Definition: 1. spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"

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1. Definition: 1. a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

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1. Definition: 1. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

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1. Definition: 1. strike with disgust or revulsion;

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1. Definition: 1. To treat cruelly or improperly; to ill use; to maltreat.

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1. Definition: 1. a mild rebuke or criticism; "words of reproach"

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1. Definition: 1. to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"

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1. Definition: 1. a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition); "the outbreak of hostilities"

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1. Definition: 1. speak out against; "He denounced the Nazis"

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1. Definition: 1. an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"

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1. Definition: 1. treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"

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1. Definition: 1. treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"

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1. Definition: 1. influence (somebody's) opinion in advance

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1. Definition: 1. a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

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1. Definition: 1. blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath"

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1. Definition: 1. an act that disregards an agreement or a right; "he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment"

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1. Definition: 1. the act of punishing

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1. Definition: 1. represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"

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1. Definition: 1. inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony); "he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering"

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1. Definition: 1. the mistake of misrepresenting the facts

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1. Definition: 1. the practice of treating (someone or something) badly; "he should be punished for his mistreatment of his mother"

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