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ulcer(noun, verb, ruin, evil, disease)
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cancer(noun, disorder, evil, disease, pain)
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poison(noun, verb, help, ruin, corrupt)
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sore(noun, verb, ruin, evil, disease)
11
blight(noun, verb, disorder, evil, disease)
9
boil(noun, evil, disease, wound, eruption)
9
cause death
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debase(verb, help, reduce, ruin, destroy)
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debauch(verb, help, reduce, ruin, destroy)
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deprave(verb, help, reduce, ruin, destroy)
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rot(noun, verb, evil, disease, corrupt)
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vitiate(verb, help, reduce, ruin, destroy)
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bane(noun, help, evil, pain, stain)
7
canker sore(noun, expression, idiom, ulcer)
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corrupt(verb, help, reduce, ruin, destroy)
7
degrade(verb, reduce, destroy, damage, lower)
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demoralize(verb, help, ruin, clean, corrupt)
7
fester(verb, disease, inflamed, intensify)
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injury(noun, deterioration, wound)
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pestilence(noun, stain, decay, affliction, scar)
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