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impair
Synonyms and Antonyms of impair
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
deteriorate, enervate, enfeeble, undermine, weaken
erode, scour, wash out, wear (away)
disable, hamstring, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, torment, torture
annihilate, bang up, bash, batter, clobber, crush, dash, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, do in, pulverize, raze, ruin, scourge, shatter, smash, tear down, total, waste, wipe out, wreck
doctor, fix, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair, revamp
Synonym Discussion of impair
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- badly injured in an accident
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- careful not to harm the animals
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- hurt by their callous remarks
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- a table damaged in shipping
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- years of smoking had impaired his health
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- the text is marred by many typos
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