CANKERED Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

cankered

verb

past tense of canker

as in poisoned

to lower in character, dignity, or quality such shameless ambulance chasing cankers the legal profession

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has poisoned the well in the United States by turning Israel into a partisan issue.

— Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
And then outside of Russia, many of them, they’ve been threatened, one has been poisoned.

— Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of poisoned

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Vietnam, in his telling, had corrupted the very purpose that gave American power its meaning.

— David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2026
At every stop, Talarico has argued that, for too long, the wealthy and their donations have corrupted politics, and that this corruption has fueled the affordability crisis.

— STEVEN SLOAN, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of corrupted

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The Times also found that the towers had no visible shear walls, and that the uniform orientation of their columns weakened these high-rises against seismic forces.

— Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026
Once a symbol of superlative government competence, the nation’s weakened federal space agency has largely outsourced its extraterrestrial ambitions to the private sector.

— Peter Jamison, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of weakened

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The restoration team replaced the building’s roof and windows, which had deteriorated over years of neglect.

— Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
The dominance of drone warfare in this conflict makes aboveground travel extremely dangerous, and services and supplies have deteriorated sharply since May.

— Alexander Smith, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of deteriorated

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No one was injured in Sunday's strike on the village of Komyshuvakha, but specialized rescue equipment was damaged, according to Ukraine's State Emergency Service.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026
Remove dead or damaged branches anytime to keep shrubs healthy and shapely.

— The Spruce, The Spruce, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of damaged

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The government itself, which is only the mode which the people have chosen to execute their will, is equally liable to be abused and perverted before the people can act through it.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
The four Egyptians were never formally notified of the charges and never appeared in court, an anomaly that their lawyers said perverted the course of the trial.

— New York Times, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2026

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